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| |ERA WEBQUEST | |

Name: __________________________________________ Date: ___________ Period: ____

Directions: Begin by visiting the following website which gives you valuable information about the Progressive Era.

PART I: 40 points

( Be careful to type the following web address exactly as it appears below:



1. What was the goal of the Progressive Movement? _______________________________

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( Now click on the “Conservation in the Progressive Era” link on the right of the screen. ()

2. Why had Americans developed a “tradition of waste”? ___________________________

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3. What did President Teddy Roosevelt do in terms of conservation? __________________

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( Now go back to the Progressive era page! Click the “Prohibition” link.

4. Why was there a movement against alcohol? __________________________________

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5. Where was the movement most successful? ____________________________________

6. What was the 18th amendment? ______________________________________________

Scroll down to the Women’s Rights movement and click on the Women’s movement timeline or click the link

7. What state was the first to allow women’s suffrage (right to vote)? __________________

8. Name 3 important women in the fight for women’s suffrage.

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2) ____________________________________________________________________

3) ____________________________________________________________________

9. What US Amendment gave women the right to vote? ___________________________

PART II:

The 16th, 17th, 18th, & 19th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution were all achieved thanks to the Progressives. Define what each amendment is and then explain why each was important to the progressives and America.

|Amendment |Definition |Why Important? |

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|17th | | |

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|18th | | |

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|19th | | |

PART III:

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10. According to the Boy Scout Handbook, printed in 1910, what was an American boy like a hundred years ago? (That means a boy living in America at about 1810.)

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11. According to the Boy Scout Handbook, “We have lived to see an unfortunate change.” Describe this change from a boy living in 1810 to one living in 1910.

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12. The Handbook uses the word, “degeneracy” to describe the overall change. Define degeneracy. (You’ll have to use an online dictionary.)

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13. Is the Boy Scout Handbook describing a positive or negative change? _______________

14. Do you think an American boy living TODAY is more like the boy from 1810, or 1910?

CIRCLE ONE: 1810 1910

15. Using complete sentences, defend your answer: _________________________________

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