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Reform, War, and Inventions

Reform, War, and Inventions. Unit Six Class Notes Part 1. Progressive Reforms. Rapid development = Lack of services & transportation, unsafe workplaces, & political corruption. Progressive Movement: A collection of reforms to protect consumers & workers.

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Reform, War, and Inventions

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  1. Reform, War, and Inventions Unit Six Class Notes Part 1

  2. Progressive Reforms • Rapid development = Lack of services & transportation, unsafe workplaces, & political corruption. • Progressive Movement: A collection of reforms to protect consumers & workers. - Examples: Right to vote for women & establishment of federal income tax

  3. Prohibition 1. Attempts were made to make the production, selling, & buying of alcohol illegal. 2. Reasons in support: Alcohol caused crime, abuse of women/kids, & debt 3. The 18th Amendment made alcohol illegal. - WA still “wet”, got alcohol from Canada - Not easily enforced, often ignored by police

  4. Title King County Sheriff Matt Starwich (center) and two men in a room with still and bootlegging materials, ca. 1925

  5. Man using an axe to destroy a vat of alcohol, ca. 1925

  6. Suffrage Movement • Women were not allowed to vote or serve on a jury. • In 1871, Susan B. Anthony and Abigail Scott Duniway helped to form the Washington Woman Suffrage Association. - Used protests & rallies to gather support

  7. Suffrage Movement 3. In 1910, the Washington State Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote. - This was 10 years before the national suffrage amendment was passed.

  8. Susan B. Anthony

  9. Seattle women posting signs to promote woman suffrage, 1910

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