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*Worker Safety/conditions
women;s working rights, shorter work days, and child labor laws, triangle shirtwaste, 1919 president wilson approved law Tax on Employment of Child Labor,
*Reforming elections
William S. U'ren, Austrailian ballot, 1920 20 states had adopted the secret ballot, 1899-Minn. passed first mandatory state wide primary system, 2/3 states had it by 1915, political machine, Direct Primary System--> iowa cacus, anti-saloom leagues,
*Segregation
national association for the advancement of colored people, white women didnt want to wait or help the blacks, progressive movement
*Regulating food & drugs
pure food and drug act of 1906, restrictions, and labels, FDA Food and drug Administration, regualtes products, meat inspection act of 1906, "the Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, 18th amendmentm prohibitied making, selling or transporting alcohol later was repealed,
*Conservation
became morew concerned about protecting forests, Sequoia National Park was the first, Harrison- Presidentail Proclamation, National Forest System, Reservations of land in Wyoming, save for future generation, by 19th century, Teddy R. 148 million acres for forest land, 80 mil. mineral land and water, and 50 mil. for wild life and national parks, 1905 Gifford Pinchot set as head of U.S. Forest Services
*Monopolies
Sherman Trust Act, breaking up big monopolies, like Standard Oil, Clayton anti- Trust Act strenghtened Sherman Act
*Taxation/Banking
Bully pulpit, tariffs, income tax invented, 16th admendment, 1913, power for govenment to wage income tax, tariff is a tax on imported goods, high tariffs???- to keep other countries goods out of our contry so americans buy our own goods, helped the wealthy, less competion, the more you make the, Underwood Act, Woodrow Wilson worked to lower tariff taxes,
*Aid Organizations-helping poor
Union workers, populists came into play, Knights of Labor, and Farmers Alliance, Red cross, Jane Adams
*Muckrakers
interview people, created muck, show truth behind society
*Efficiency in the workplace
aassembly line, 10 hr work days, injuries, henry ford by reducing work day to 8 hours and raised pay to $5, he wanted his workers to be able to afford it, problems if someone messed up, worker turnover,
*Women social changes
Susan b. Anthony, had to go to court when she tried to vote, pushed for sufferage, didnt even get a chance to be declared not guilty, men afraid women would vote against drinking, child labor laws, women were the big pushers for rights
*Reforming Government
1917, 500 cities had same government, progressive movement,
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