Today, in class, we got on the computers and continued presentations and what not. We worked on our PowerPoint and did our daily blogs.
Shannon's group went.
*Worker Safety/conditions
*Reforming elections- Rachel's group later went, and she talked about how the elections were improved. She mentioned how in Oregon they first adopted the secret ballot system, where there is no influence on the citizen's votes (just one person and a paper). She also talked about recalls, where you can have a special election to remove a representative from office.
*Segregation
*Regulating food & drugs- Teddy Roosevelt read "The Jungle" by Upton Siclair or something along those lines, and after chose to investigate the meat factories. The Meat Inspection Act was passed in 1906.
*Conservation- Theodore Roosevelt was responsible for a great deal of the conservation during the Progressive Era. He set aside extensive timberlands for preservation. He also increased the land set aside for National Parks by millions of acres. His goal was to stop what he called the 'wasteful explotation of natural resources in our country.'
*Monopolies-
*Taxation/Banking
*Aid Organizations-helping poor- Jane Addams and orhter established group homes in city slums to aid poor urban residents.
*Muckrakers
*Efficiency in the workplace
*Women social changes - Susan B. Anthony founded the National Women Suffrage Association. Along with the food and drug regulations, the liquor industries were nervous that women would vote for prohibition. Textile industries were also nervous that women would vote for child labor laws.
*Reforming Government
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