Today we will start presentations. First off is Jake David and Scott then Chelsea and Leah
Worker Safety/conditions
child workers rose. children worked to help with family bill. reformers work towards protecting workers and against child labor.............
*Reforming elections
since only some people could vote, they reformed elections by letting more people vote. they allowed elections to get rid of people called recalls. voters chose candidates rather than machines. GOVANATOR!!!!
*Segregation
laws were passed against racial segregation. they did not do much to help black poeple if anything they made it worse. Woordrow Wilson promoted segregation.
*Regulating food & drugs
1906 congress passed the pure food and drug act. this act went against false labeling. it required that everything in the food or drug to be on its label. to prevent harmful products and to......couldnt sell food with misleading labels. saftey concerns arrose with new technologies. variety and uncertainty increased. Drug Importation Act. Child drugs had bad things in them. Roosevelt pushed the meat inspection act.
*Conservation
US forest bureau had 45 million acres of timberlNSIN THE FOREST. cities umped sewge into water. there was over logging and over grazing. FederaL GOVERNMENT preserve forests and set up watre preservations.......coal companies took up land with refuse from mines. National Reclamation Act(Newlands Act) money from the sale of lands in west funded government projects. Roosevlet set aside 148 million acres of forst and other areas for conservation purposes
*Monopolies
Clayton Anti trust act they fought against monopolys. officers would be prosecuted if they formed a monopoly. monopolies were made illegal by the Sherman Antitrust Act..............people wanted government to help workers against big bbusiness. they got rid of monopolies so that people could have equall orportunities. specified that labor unions and farm organizations had a right to exist and would no longer be subjected to antitrust laws. Federal Trade Comission Act- gave the comission power to investigate unfair business practices. They made sure businesses being fair and just
*Taxation/Banking
Larger incomes were taqxed at higher rstes then smaller income. this was known as federal income tax. $4000 is 1% and 500000 is %6 the goverment made lots of money from this.
passsed a law putting banks in every district. federal reserve banks could distribute emergency situations, they could also transfer funds to member banks.This was Wilsons best accomplishment they make money by giving somes to trustwothy customers. they control if prices go up or down. they were built to save banks from going down during a depression. This was a much safer place for peoples money. underwood act waqs signed to help reduce tariff rates they had to have a special session so Wilson could plee his case.tariffs are taxes. they were designed to supply the governmet with money and keep out immigrants. This was the first time that tariffs were drastically rediced ever.
*Aid Organization(helping poor)
organizations were to help the poor, this was the first time people got together to help, this was very good for our country. reformers helped build new schools
*Muckrakers
these were basically investigative reporters. Lincoln Steffens was a leader of muckrakers. they reveiledd to the public how badly they were treated. Upton Sinclair told the world how basly immigrant worker conditions were. Ida exposed rockefeller. brought out the truth about how bad conditions were
*Efficiency in the workplace
many progressive leader put ther faith in higher powers to get effivciency in the workplace. in defending an oregon law that permited women factory and laundry workers to work ten hour days. many put beleifs in science to make workers more efficient. Henry Ford peid $5 a day on 8 hour workday this worked because .
*Women social changes
one in five women had jobs. they fougth for the right to vote. it took 41 years,
the 19th ammendment gave people the right to vote
*Reforming Government
political bosses got votes by bribes and favors. Texas legislators appointed five experts to take over. Robert M La Follet.
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