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LAST WEEK
The following two assignments are from the week of December 6-10th. Some students have finished the work, while
others have more to do. If you have to complete the assignments, use the guidelines below.
Thursday, December 9th: ASSIGNMENT: Create Friday, December 10th: ASSIGNMENT: Read 18.3 (p. 234-6)
a Brochure about the Progressive and answer the following questions.
Presidents
1. What do you think this quote by Roosevelt means? “The man
Step One: Fold paper in 3 that holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must
Step Two: Create a Title now give way to the advocate of human welfare.”
Step Three: Label each page (Theodore Roosevelt, 2. What did the Sherman Antitrust Act do?
William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson) 3. What did the Hepburn Act do?
Step Four: Add details about each president to 4. The Clayton Act made it illegal for companies to offer lower
their pages prices in one market (say Michigan), but higher prices in another
-What did they do before being president? (California). Can you think of an example of a business that
-What type of reforms did they push for? might be guilty of such a thing today?
-How did they feel about who should have 5. Why is the Pure Food and Drug Act so important?
power? (the president, people, or 6. In what ways did the rules for workers change? Provide
businesses?) specific EXAMPLES.
-Any other important details about them 7. What is the difference between a preservationist and a
Step Five: Add a picture of each President, or conservationist?
something that represents that president. 8. What actions did people take that specifically helped to protect
Step Six: Submit for grading. wildlife?

MONDAY (SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOW DAY / SNOWDAY / SNOWDAY)
TUESDAY (18.4, p. 237-239)
1. How does the Federal Reserve System help to keep banks safe, similar, and yet still independent?

2. The 16th Amendment created an Income Tax. What exactly does an income tax do?

3. The 17th Amendment changed the way Senators were elected to the National Senate. Describe the process before
and after:
Before After

4. What is the 18th Amendment, and why was it passed?

5. Women fought for the right to vote for a long time. Fill in the timeline below:

Pre-1900's 1912 1919 1920

WEDNESDAY (Test Review Day: Chapters 17 & 18 plus in class instruction)

Use this guide to take any notes you would like to use on the test. You may use this notes guide on your exam, but
nothing else. On Wednesday after school there will also be a Test Review led by Mr. Schmidt. You are invited to
attend. Only students serious about studying will be permitted to stay. If you are disrupting during the review you will
be asked to leave.
Movements/Events: Laws:
-Great Migration -Tenement House Act of 1901

-Social Darwinism -16th Amendment (Income Tax)

-Social Gospel -17th Amendment (Electing Senators Directly)

-Oil in Texas in 1901 -18th Amendment (Prohibition)

-Water Issues in L.A. -19th Amendment (Womens' Suffrage)

-Protecting the Environment -Sherman Antitrust Act

-Clayton Antitrust Act

People:
-Booker T. Washington -Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

-W.E.B. Du Bois -8-Hour Work Day

-Jane Adams
Terms:
-Henry Ford -Workers' Compensation

-Theodore Roosevelt -Secret Ballot

-William Howard Taft -Direct Primary

-Woodrow Wilson -Recall

-Initiative
Organizations:
-White Wings -Prohibition

-NAACP -Trusts

-Who were the Progressives? -5 Dollar Day / Minimum Wage

-FDA -Conservation versus Preservation

-Federal Reserve -DPS

-National American Woman Suffrage Association -Robert Bobb

THURSDAY
PROGRESSIVE ERA TEST. STUDY HARD. EAT WELL. PREPARE. DO YOUR BEST. DOMINATE.
FRIDAY
A look at how modern cartoons interpret the progressive era.