Still presenting. Once again, my group is supposed to go today. Will we? somehow i doubt it, considering the trend of 'supposed-to-but-apparently-not-happening's.
Don't flirt with disaster, people. also, the semester test blog is part of the semester test grade.
note-taking time. today im not just taking notes, im following directions. go me!
*Worker Safety/conditions -
teens and children went ot work before they were of legal age (14). people wanted higher wages....etc. Progressives considered the dangerous working conditions and pushed for a minimum wage and child labor laws.
*Reforming elections -
Oregan was the first state to use the "Australian Ballot". By 1920, 20 states were using the secret ballot. This was important so that people would not feel pressured to vote for a certain person. Primery system let voters choose candidates rather than having the political machine choose them. also known as the caucous(?) sytem. 2/3s of states were using it by 1915.
iowa now kickstarts this process, new hampshire goes second. and william s u'ren looks like abe lincoln if you draw a beard on him and dena is frustrated.
*Segregation -
*Regulating food & drugs -
*Conservation -
many natural resources were being wasted- people had not previously cared about the land. National parks were created- first was sequoya, then yellowstone, etc. US Forest Services persuaded Roosevelt to preserve forested areas. Meant that while some ladn was being saved, other land was used for progress.
*Monopolies -
*Taxation/Banking -
woodrow wilson wanted to lower tax rates- 1913, Underwood act would lower tarriffs. Good for commom people, bad fdor big businesses. Bully Pulpit was used to pass act.
Federal income tax...government wanted to replace tarriffs with something. 16th amendment created income tax, which taxed individual money and business products. GAve government lots of money.
*Aid Organizations-helping poor-
*Muckrakers -
made corruption of government and work places known.
*Efficiency in the workplace-
*Women social changes -
*Reforming Government -
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