*Worker Safety/conditions
younguns were pretty much forced to work, sometimes before the legal age of 14. There were efforts to limit the number of working hours.
*Reforming elections
Oregon came up with the secret ballot. Known as the Austrailian Ballot. Primary system let voters choose candidates and not political machines.
*Segregation
women couldn't get jobs so they did chores around the house/farm. Women lead reform. NACW (national association of colored women)
*Regulating food & drugs
1906 Roosevelt pushed for the Meat Inspection Act. animals had to pass inspection before and after slaughter. popular children's meds had cocaine, opium, alcohol
*Conservation
people used up a lot of their natural resources. Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of forest land, got the gov't started claiming unused land for public use, established a system of forest fire prevention
*Monopolies
dominating a market was good for business, bad for average consumer.
*Taxation/Banking
Woodrow WIlson worked to lower tarriff rates. Underwood Act reduced tariff rates for the first time since the Civil War.
*Aid Organizations-helping poor
*Muckrakers
Journalists told of the corrupt side of business and public life in mass magazines.
*Efficiency in the workplace
*Women social changes
19th ammendment passed in 1919 gave women the right to vote.
*Reforming Government
many cities had the same form of gov't. initiative allowed people to petition and start a bill
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