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Progressivism Part 2

Part A: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the questions below. 1. What was Prohibition and why did many women support the movement? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What were unions and how did they try to give power to the common worker? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How did Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line change manufacturing forever? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part B: Fill in the blank: Instructions: Choose a word from the word bank that completes the sentences below. Susan B. Anthony, capitalism, Henry Ford, initiatives, recall, Frances Willard

1. _________________________ was a prominent leader in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. 2. While many factories overworked their workers, _________________________ created an eight hour work day at his company. 3. Eugene V. Debs and others opposed the economic system of ____________________. 4. ____________________________ helped lead the effort for women’s rights and taught alcohol abuse greatly hurt women. 5. In order to give more power to the people, many Progressives wanted to have ____________________, which were bills made by people, 6. If an elected leader faced a ___________________, then he or she would have to run for office again even if the term for office was not over. Copyright, USHistoryTeachers.com All Rights Reserved.

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ANSWERS: Progressivism Part 2

Part A: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the questions below. 1. What was Prohibition and why did many women support the movement? Prohibition was the banning of alcohol. Many people felt a variety of social ills were impacted by alcohol. Women in particular supported the movement due to spouse abuse. Likewise, many women argued alcohol abuse caused men to fail to fulfill their roles as fathers or to hold steady jobs.

2. What were unions and how did they try to give power to the common worker? In this Progressive Era, the factory owners had massive power due to their wealth. Many workers were upset that they worked long hours for low pay. Therefore, the workers tried to use their strength in numbers to form unions. This way, they could strive for power as a group instead of merely as individuals. For instance, together, they could go on strike to demand better pay.

3. How did Henry Ford’s use of the assembly line change manufacturing forever? The assembly line method gave each person a specific job. This increased the amount of cars that could be made in one day. This was a quicker and more efficient way to make automobiles. This changed the way all manufactured products were made and increased the amount of products that could be produced for manufactured goods.

Part B: Fill in the blank: Instructions: Choose a word from the word bank that completes the sentences below. Susan B. Anthony, capitalism, Henry Ford, initiatives, recall, Frances Willard

1. Susan B. Anthony was a prominent leader in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. 2. While many factories overworked their workers, Henry Ford created an eight hour work day at his company. 3. Eugene V. Debs and others opposed the economic system of capitalism. 4. Frances Willard helped lead the effort for women’s rights and taught alcohol abuse greatly hurt women. 5. In order to give more power to the people, many Progressives wanted to have initiatives, which were bills made by people, 6. If an elected leader faced a recall, then he or she would have to run for office again even if the term for office was not over.

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