Today we did more of the blog talks. Carry A Nation worked toward temperence because she was beaten and left by her first husband. She destroyed bar's supply of alcohol and other people's suppy with hatchets and rocks.What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor?They pressured politicials into the Keating-Owen Act which prohibitted goods that had been made by children from being moved across borders. Restricted hours that children could work. The Progressives banned child labor from occuring. 14-15 year old can work basic jobs and 20 hours a week but 16 during the school year.What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work?Before the progressives people were working 15-16 hours a day seven days a week. Muller v Oregon said that women shouldn't work more then 10 hours a day. Bunting v Oregon established a 10 hour work day for men. This is only for people who are paid by the hour and overtime comes into play today.What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?Before people hired a lot of children because they could pay them less and get away with it. Massechusetts was the first state to have a minimum wage law and it slowly works its way up.
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