protecting social welfare-the young mens Christians association opened libraries sponsored classes and built swimming pools and hand ball courts. Florence Kelly- a daughter of a antislavery republican congressman from Pennsylvania. 1889 she became general secretary of the national consumers league where she lobbied to improve factory conditions why she had a federal child labor law. Prohibitions- groups featured that alcohol was undermining American moral. led to boot legging. fire water also known as moon shine it is made with senior brian on Christmas day a hospital staff counted 60 people suffering from alcohol poisoning and 8 dead creating economic reform- change individual behavior a serve a economic panic in 1893- many progressive leaders put their faith in experts and scientific principles natural disasters- a hurricane trial wave almost destroyed the city of Galveston Texas
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