Worker Safety/conditions-werent very safe kids had to face terrible things during this period children didnt grow as much as they do now. Children didnt complain as much and didnt know what they meant, food they ate was terrible workers compensation 10 hour work day.
*Reforming elections Theadore rosevelt invented square deal went to spain in 1898 meat inspection act, the meat changed and made it more healthy for ther consumer coal strike of 1902
*Segregation Black people didnt have any rights no money didnt have anyone to go with. they didnt do anything to help blacks out the progressives didnt help at all. Because the presidents wanted people to vote for them. The Presidents wanted to get other things passed so he didnt worry about blacks.
*Regulating food & drugs- people put drugs actually into the food. people were addicted to the drugs. they were buying a open can of who knows what. Coke had cocaine in it.
*Conservation - Rosevelt led the conservation of land and pretty much everything like that trying to make it beautiful for other generations to see.
*Monopolies- Monoplies wanted to help get people who needed to be in the states house in there. they wanted to put the people who when go into the government make great changes.
*Taxation/Banking taxation the 16th amendment been able to tax people with more money than others,
*Aid Organizations-helping poor- People had terrible jobs didnt have any money lived in settlement houses. and these people didnt have good working conditions.
*Muckrakers - the muchrakers did stuff! Muckrakers they wanted to change everything. Exposed the problems of society Ida Tarbell Exposed the ruthless methods.
*Efficiency in the workplace- The assembly line was invented, more managable work space easier for women and children, got done in a more timely manner, somepeople got fired cause they were to slow.
*Women social changes they changed for women to have more rights, they tried to get people to help people get what women needed to do. they needed better jobs, needed better pay , and they wanted women to be able to vote.
*Reforming Government Hazen Pingree reformed faier strctures , they wanted to get back on what they wanted . They chose different ploicies and had better goverment stages.
Four goals of progressivism- 1. protecting social welfare, 2. promting mornal improvement , 3. creati ng ecnomic reforme, 4. fostering.
prohibition carrie nation womens suffrage. -Promoting Moral Improvement
creating ecinomic reform - Major inbalancwed income and how people lived, Many people turned to socialism-people would panic of they didnt have enough money, taking from rich giving to the poor, regulation of railroads child labor laws workers compensatipon women and men got better working hours.
Fostering Eficiency- assembly line, interchangable parts, henry ford paid workers 5$ a day, wanted to save time wanted to take less time to do things.
Election Reforms- Secret ballot- everyone didnt look at who you voted for iniative, to start something Referendum - allow people to vote on it. , Recall- giving to the peole who need it, Direct Primaries - people vote for democratic and or reblucian , Direct election of US Senators- took power waway from government and gave it to the comon people, 17th amendment 1913
Womens role many women getting education , many became teachers.
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