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first YMCA in America at the Old South Church in Boston
the young Men's Christain Association- opened libraries, sponsored classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts -
First Women in Colleges
Vassar College accepted its first women students in 1865
Smith and Wellesley Colleges followed in 1875, Columbia, Brown, and Harvard Colleges created separate colleges for women. -
American Expansionism
Global Competition-
Desire for military strength
thirst for new markets
belief in cultural superiority
The United States acquired Hawaii and Alaska -
Progressive era starts (four goals of progressivism)
Protecting social welfare
promoting moral improvement
creating economic reform
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Women in the Work Force
Farm Women- lives did not change much, in addiition to houshold chores they also raised livestock, helped plow, and plant the fields and harvest the crops
Women in industy- one out of five American women held jobs, 25 percent of them worked in manufacturing.
Domestic Workers- Women without an education had to work for families. -
U.S. enters World War 1
we entered The Great War to help Cuba win its independence from Spain. -
Cuba and the United States
When the United States declared war on spain, it also recognized Cuba's independence from Spain.
The Treaty of Paris ended the War. -
Foraker Act
the Foraker Act ended military rule and set up a civil government. -
Florence Kelley was appointed chief inspector of factories for Illinois after she helped to win passage of the Ilinois Factory Act in 1903
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President Roosevelt was elected into office
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the first muckraker
A muckraker is a journalist who writes about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines. -
Railroad Regulation
Congress passed the Elkins Act, which made it illegal for railroad officials to give, and shippers to recieve, rebates for using particular railroads.
the act also specified that railroads could not change set rates without notifying the public. -
Taft becomes President.
Roosevelt pledged to not run for reelection, instead he handpicked his secretary of war, William Howard Taft, to run against William Jennings Bryan. -
Fighting in Europe
The Allied Forces were exhausted after fighting for two and a half years, so one of the main things Americans brought to the war was their freshness and enthusiasm. -
Convoy System
a heavy gaurd of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic.
By fall of 1917 shipping losses had been cut in half -
the War at home
Because World War 1 was such a huge conflict, the entire economy had to be rofocused on the war effort. they did this in two ways
War Industries Board- encouraged companies to use mass-production systems to increase efficiency. They also wanted them to standardize products.
Food Administration- Wilson set up the administration under Herbert Hoover. he declared one day a week "meatless," "sweetless," two days "wheatless" and two days "porkless" -
Prohibition begins
people thought that the ban of alchohol would creat a perfect world
