Progressive Era

What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

• Boycott

• Strike

• Strikebreakers

• Walk out

Why were strikes unsuccessful?

• A boss does not need employees to run a business.

• Employees did not want to strike.

• Strikebreakers would fill the jobs of those on strike.

• What's a strike?

Why would people go on strike?

• To demand better working conditions

• To demand for more money

• To demand to work less hours

• All of these are correct

Who made the least amount of money working in factories?

• African American Men

• Women

• Children

• Immigrant men

What did the 16th Amendment do?

• Allowed the government to tax people's income

• Allowed the government to relocate immigrants

• Allowed the government the right to vote

• Allowed people the right to vote

What did the 17th Amendment do?

• Allowed the government to tax their income

• Allowed people to vote

• Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

• Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

Who was president during the progressive era?

• William McKinley

• Abraham Lincoln

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

Choose all of the people who were activists for African American's rights during the progressive era.

• Harriet Tubman

• W.E.B Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglas

Booker T. Washington was famous for founding the ____.

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• Tuskegee Institute

• NASCAR

The ____ Amendment stated that the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the US is hereby prohibited.

• 19th

• 13th

• 15th

• 18th