Today, in class, we got on the computers and continued with our PowerPoint Presentation. I did my daily blog.
*Worker Safety/conditions
*Reforming elections
*Segregation- Women led the reform because they had dangerous working conditions along with low wages.
*Regulating food & drugs- Theodore Roosevelt pushed passage of Meat Inspection Act in 1906. This dictated strict cleanliness requirements for the meat packers. It also required that all animals to pass inspection by the U.S. Drug Administration before the slaughter. All carcasses were required to pass a post mortem inspection. The Pure food and Drugs Act had the responsibility of testing all foods and drugs destined for human consumption.
*Conservation
*Monopolies- Monopolies are a type of market form that businesses operate in
*Taxation/Banking
*Aid Organizations-helping poor-
*Muckrakers- Name given to American journalists, novelists and critics who express their discontent of actions taking place in the government, usually through political cartoons.
*Efficiency in the workplace
*Women social changes
*Reforming Government
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