Shannon finishes presenting today, with slides on consvervation.
Roosevelt was responsible for a great deal of land being set aside for reservations and parks....yep. thats all i caught, since i was doing my daily blogs for the last two days. which reminds me, i also need to do noe for monday, since we didnt have school that day. gotta catch up on message board posts too....but i can do that later. for now, i have to take notes on the next presentation, since i dont have a complete set for anything.
*Worker Safety/conditions
reformers wanted to improve conditions. especially for women and children.
1893- illinois factory act prohibited child labor and limited women's working hours to 10hours, no nights. more laws in 1904 and 1907 moved the legal working age to 16- they also couldnt work with dangerous equipment or work nights. 1916- supreme court passed first real child labor bill (keating-owens act) which set ages forf work.
Minimum wage laws stated that minimum wage had to be high enough for women and children to be able to live off of. Henry Ford's factory paid its workers $5...thought to be crazy. he said he wanted his workers to be able to afford his product.
*Reforming elections
William S. U'ren started the secret ballot, which oregon was the 1st to adopt it. secret ballot was to eliminate pressure, because people voted in private, where no one could see them or tell them what to do. this took a lot of power away from bosses, which led to getting rid of a lot of government corruption.
initiative, referendum, recall - initiative is petitioning and starting a bill, referendum is getting it passed, recall is having a second election in order to kick someone out of office if they arent doing a good job.
*Segregation
NAACP- national association for the advancement of colored people, started in 1909, blacks got together with white reformers. but it didnt get a lot of support, since the progressive movement was meant to help the white middle and lower classes. Woodrow Wilson- supported them at first, but then started segregation in DC when he became president. Because, there was a sort of blackmail thing going on- if you support black rights, we wont pass child labor laws- etc.
*Regulating food & drugs
Roosevelt read "the Jungle" by Upton Sinclair. he sent people to check out the facts, found the book's claims to be true, and passed the Meat Inspection Act, which regulated hygenic conditions in which meat was produced, etc.
Food and Drug Act- made companies put more truthful claims ontheir labels- later edited to regulate hygenic conditions for food and rugs, had to pass an inspection on whether they were safe to be sold. Began the FDA, which is now in charge of such inspections.
*Conservation
Before Roosevelt, federal government didnt pay much attention to natural resources. Forest Beaurou(?) started setting aside vast amounts of land for national parks and reservations. Sequoya and Yellowstone. This helped conserve resources and wildlife habitats, etc.
*Monopolies
1902- Roosevelt sued many trusts, causing them to break up (with the assistance of the sherman anit-trust act)
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*Taxation/Banking
Underwood Act fo 1913- greatly lowered tarriffs.
16th amendment allowed goverment to have graduated taxes- the greater the income, the greater your taxes- which gave them more money than ever. this system is still used today.
Banks-....
*Aid Organizations-helping poor
Settlement houses- Jane adams established group homes for poverty-stricken slum people.
*Muckrakers
*Efficiency in the workplace
*Women social changes
major prohibitionists, also major progressives. started lots of groups, got white men scared because they thoguht their system of control was gonna get messed up.
Susan. B. Anthony.
*Reforming Government
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