Today we presented for our chapter 9 projects and took notes.
Worker Safety/conditions:
They had low wages and had very long hours. most parents had there kids work to make money for the families.
Reforming elections:
Segregation:
the goal of segregation was focused on the needs of middle class whites because they didn't want to share with blacks.
food and drug regulations:
1906 pure food and drug act. some foods would falsely advertise and this made you tell the truth. more people moved into the cities. 1848 drug importation act made companies not allow drugs in a lot of things. Meat inspection act in 1891 made people treat food better and clean the stations where the food goes.
Conservation:
forests were getting taken over. ranchers let cattle migrate to the great plains. National Reclamation Act in 1902 said money from the sale of lands in the west supported irigation. 50 wildlife parks were built. cities polluted water. some preserved wilderness. others only presserved some wilderness and developed some.
Monopolies:
People wanted to promote monopolies. prohibited cotopotations from aquiring the stock of another if doin so would create a monopoly. said labor unions and farm organizations could exist. federal trade comission act in 1914. larger company takes over a smaller company. it can be good or bad. some people fought against monopolies.
Efficiency in the Workplace:
leaders put faith in high power to get efficiency in workplace. studies of how fast a task can be done. leaders used scientific management.
Taxation and Banking:
underwood act of 1913. had to have a special session to grant this act. federal income tax taxed on peoples things. banks were able to make loans. banks were safer.
Aid Organizations-helping poor:
the cities were changing to poor not very good conditions. made children working in factories illegal.
Muckrakers:
Ida Tarbell is a muckracker. people who are also known as journalists. exposed the coruption of what people were doing. Licoln Steffens is also a muckraker. Steffens and Tarbell both wrote books. Upton Sinclair and Ray Baker were muckrakers.
Women social changes:
women weren't allowed to vote and sometimes blacks could and they didn't feel equal to everyone else. women worked at home but then many started to work in factories to support families.
Reforming Government:
they reformed the cities. natural disasters aided the government to reform. mayors made it where they wouldn't change the local government organization.
*16th amendment:
started the income tax on people.
*17th amendment:
people of the state would choose the senetors.
*18th amendment:
proabition, outlawing alcohol.
*19th amendment:
womens right to vote.
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