Progressive Era
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- Immigration and Urbanization:1. Problems? Many immigrants came to the US and there was overcrowding and discrimination, segregation2. What was done to solve the problems?People fought for their rights and equality.3. Who solved the problems? Hiram Johnson stood against the Anti-Asian discrimination, Booker T. Washington urged people to ignore inequality, W. E. B. Du Bois encouraged people to fight for their rights
- Labor Issues:1. Problems? Long hours, low pay, unsafe working conditions, unequal pay, child labor2. What was done to solve the problems? Workers formed unions and led strikes3. Who solved the problems? Jane Addams led a house for union workers to use
- Government Reform:1. Problems? Supported white men only, violence, inexperienced presidency led to higher tariffs2. What was done to solve the problems? Segregation, others fought for their rights, Wilson lowered tariffs3. Who solved the problems? Woodrow Wilson, W. E. B. Du Bois
- Womens Rights:1. Problems? Unequal pay between women and men, women couldn't vote, women didn't have the rights that men did2. What was done to solve the problems? Women led strikes to protest low pay, mass marches demanding woman suffrage3. Who solved the problems? Margaret Sanger gained support for birth control through her articles, Alice Paul was a women's activist
- Prohibition:1. Problems? People wanted to stop the sale of alcohol2. What was done to solve the problems? People led campaigns to stop the sales of alcohol3. Who solved the problems? 18th amendment prohibited alcohol, the states, prohibitionists
- Muckrakers/Crusaders:1. Problems?2. What was done to solve the problems?3. Who solved the problems?
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