Multiple choice key

1. b
2. c
3. b
4. a

All the topics combined thesis

    With many of the progressive reforms, the government stepped in the "improve" some of the progressive movements that innovators in society had started, or to "protect" the people from their selves and some of the new technology and ideas that were coming around, but in reality, some of the problems that they thought they were solving just ended up creating more problems in the long run.

Progressive Questions

The crusading journalists who began to direct public attention toward social, economic, and political injustices became known as the? a) Crusaders b) Muckrakers c) Progressives

Progressive reforms were supported by mainly the? a) Lower class b) Immigrants c) The Middle Class d) All Social Classes

In 1901, one of the first professions to respond to the progressive movement was the? a) Lawyers b) Medicine c) Education d) Independent Business  

Who felt excluded from emerging professions in the progressive era? a) Women b) Working class men    c) The unemployed d) Immigrants 

  

      

Progressivism Topics Thesis and Conclusion

I was working with Brooks, Trey, and Myself. Our topics were prohibition, the black socks scandal, and patent laws.



Thesis:

With our three topics, prohibition, patents, and the 1919 world series, there was a clear relation between them. The one thing that connected them all was the government coming in and being a referee and to the people. The government was a trying to control civilians when it came to their consumption of alcohol, control them from stealing other people's ideas, and intervene when it came to professional sports and how there should be rules on and off the field.

Conclusion:

The government stepped in to act as a referee in order to stop the consumption of alcohol and to keep ideas from being stolen from one one another, and to make a higher level of rules in professional sports.

How Prohibition is Related to Progressivism

 I used this newspaper for my blog post, it was written by the Boston Evening Post on Feb 6, 1738



      Prohibition lasted from 1920-1933, even though it was only in those few years, there was a push discouraging the use of alcoholic beverages since the 1830s and even before. Herbert Hoover said that prohibition was a "noble experiment," but after a while people began to act up, there became no way to actually force prohibition upon people because there were bootleggers who were becoming more and more powerful since they were supplying all of the people with alcohol. There were some very authoritative bootleggers, like Arnold Rothstein. Arnold Rothstein was the leader of the Jewish underworld in New York, and was the man who rigged the 1919 world series. Other big names in the bootlegging business are men like Al Capone and Dutch Schultz. By the 1930s there was no point for the 18th amendment to be upheld since the bootleggers were already supplying non taxed alcohol to everyone, so the 18th amendment was repealed.
      Before prohibition, the use of alcohol was heavily associated with those of the lower class and the ill. Prohibition has many of the same attributes as progressive reforms. It was supported by the middle class mostly, it was meant to "improve and better" society, and it was meant to control peoples interests with large and powerful politicians. Prohibition was a progressive reform, but eventually was repealed by the same people who were fighting for prohibition in the first place.

This is Arnold Rothstein, one of the biggest bootleggers during prohibition. 

This is what bootlegged alcohol looked like. A newspaper when prohibition was finally lifted. 

Self Reflect

During the beginning of the 3rd quarter I was very active with my reading and homework questions. I noticed a difference in class discussions and how I was doing on our work. When I spent just an extra few minutes reading the homework and doing it just a little more carefully, it helped me get a better understanding of our content. I really liked the Eddie Aikau 30 for 30 movie that we watched, it was really interesting on its own, but it was also cool that it tied in perfectly to what we were learning, it helped me look at what we were discussing in class from a different angle. In the future I want to make sure that I stay on top of my homework assignments and make sure that I keep reading the book carefully for a few extra minutes so I can keep my good momentum going forward.

Progress

How would you define “progress”? Progress is moving forward, or advancing in something.
What period in time is referred to as the Progressive Era? Why? The progress era was fro 1890-1920, the main objective in the progress era was eliminating corruption in the government.
What types of issues and actions, and achievements are associated with the Progressive Era? Many progressives supported prohibition, some activists got together to reform local government, public education, medicine, finance, insurance, industry, railroads, churches, and more areas.
Progressives had lots of goals. Analyze the list you've made and determine:  What do progressive reforms seem to have in common? Most progressive goals had to do with improving something for the public, something that the whole public would us and find useful.
Evaluate the major goals of Progressives and sort them into these 4 categories: such as best to worst.

1. Essential goals worth striving for/ Necessary changes Reducing the impact of the harsh conditions brought about by industrialization
2. Good Goals – not strictly necessary but could really improve life Helping the poor through community centers, social services and churches
3. Strange Goal
   YMCA: libraries, recreations pools, handball courts
4. Not a good idea Prohibition- banning alcoholic beverages