Progressive

Era
Use Digitial History to complete the following:
On the homepage, what transformed
American Society into the 20th century?

Near the top, click on “PEOPLE”, scroll and click on “Jane Adams.”
What did find her mission in life to be?

What did she not want to do and why is

this significant?

Click “Close Window”, Click on “IMAGES” near the top, scroll down to
find “Carrying-in” boy in Alexandria Glass Factory.
There isn’t much of a description given
to the picture, but what does the picture
reveal about this factory worker?

Notice his surroundings, his age, his

appearance.
Now use the History Channel website to answer these questions:

Where was the union movement born?

Click on the "Labor Movement" video (3 mins):

Who benefitted from the Industrial
Revolution?

How do we benefit today from the

union movement?

What were the Hay-Market Riots?

Go back, or click on History Channel and watch the "Triangle Shirtwaist

Factory Fire”(4 mins), next the "Labor Movement" video:

How did most women die from this

fire? Could this have been prevented?

What did the American workplace

learn from this tragedy?

Lastly, go to History Net and respond to these questions:

What was the first country to give
women their rights?

Where was the first women's

convention held and by whom?

Women's rights were achieved through

the efforts of which organizations?
(There are two)