Critical Thinking 17-2 #5

Imagen you are a woman during the progressive era. Explain how you might recruit other women to support the following causes: improving education, housing reform, food and drug laws and the right to vote.

Women in the Progressive era were fighting for many causes.In the case of education, most women in public life started attending women's colleges. With College education, most women in the late 19th century didn't get married and retained their independence. The African American women formed an organization called th National Association of Colored Women and managed things such as nurseries, reading rooms and kindergartens.
Other organizations run by women had a "social housekeeping" which targeted workplace reform, housing reform, educational improvement and food and drug laws. For getting th right to vote, they had a "three part strategy for suffrage". The first stage was trying to convince state legislatures to grant women the right to vote. Second, they perused court cases to test the fourteenth amendment. Third, the women pushed for a national constitutional amendment to grant women the voting rights. This was first attempted in California. It was passed, but was eventually killed not long after.

17-1 Critical Thinking #s 3 & 4

3) In What ways might Illinois, Wisconsin and Oregon all be considered trailblazers in progressive reform?
Wisconsin and Oregon could considered trailblazers in this era due to the roles they played in the reform government and elections. With the help of a man named "Fighting Bob" La Follette becoming part of the senate in 1906, Wisconsin was able to regulate the ways of Big Business. The main Business needing help was the Railroad industry. La Follette increased some taxes on the railroad properties and banned the companies to treat government officials to ride the trains for free. (516)
Oregon was an important part of this period because it was the first state to adopt the secret ballot for elections. This brought upon the three terms: Initiative, Referendum and Recall. Initiative was when citizens could make a bill originated by the people rather than the lawmakers. The Referendum was a vote on the Initiative (the citizen made ballot). The Recall gave voters the ability to force an official in an elected position into a new election before the end of the term.(518)
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4) Do you think the cartoonist had a favorable or unfavorable opinion of this prohibition?

This cartoon is an image of Carry Nation, one of the largest supporters of Prohibition, in a saloon, with a hatchet, and the whole place is hacked to pieces, with the men hiding behind th bar in terror. It seams as though this cartoonist has an unfavorable opinion to this prohibitionist. this is expressed in his cartoon by showing how much destruction is left when "Mrs. Nation" is through with her hacking and slashing. It is also expressed in the men hiding in the background of this doodle that she truly does strike fear into the heart of MEN.

Current Event Summary 2

In the recent couple of weeks, nearing the end of September, many countries in the southern African region have been dealing with Robert Mugabe, the ruthless leader of Zimbabwe. The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said to fellow EU nations regarding the Europe-Africa Summit meeting that "if Mugabe's there, then Britain is not." An official on the subject said, "I think we all want a successful summit, but we are also very, very concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe."
The editor of the Herald spoke to Brown about the issue and said "Mr Brown has nothing to fear from President Mugabe but has everything to gain by engaging in civilized dialogged that will eventually lead to an agreement over the bilateral dispute between the two countries." Britain, the US, Australia and the EU accuse Mugabe's government of "committing human rights abuses". The US, and our allied countries have taken the sanctions and disagreements against Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwean Government to a new level.
Not long after these statements, the presidency of South Africa was accused of attempting to remove Robert Mugabe from power in Zimbabwe. A statement made by the Presidency of South Africa stated that the newspaper named "The Zimbabwean" claimed "South African government has been secretly working to remove Mugabe from power." It further claimed that "The SA officials have been lobbying for sustained international pressure to bear on the Mugabe regime." The newspaper ignored this comeback.