today we went over more presentations, starting off with leah and chelseas group
aid organizations
florence kelly played a major part in the child labor laws. She tried to make labor hours shorter.
Francis willis tried to stop salons from selling alchohol. Her group also worked for womens sufferage.
Muckrakers
people who try to uncover business scandles, kinda like undercover monopolies.
Ida M Tarbell exposed the standard oil monopolie.
working conitions
very low wages and kids worked a lot then cause there parents werent making much.
Reforming Goverment
Segragation
roosevelt failed to support civil rights even though he did touch on a couple of acts but nothing really happened with them.
food and drugs
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