Today in class we continued our blogs. We answered the questions and discussed each topic. Here is what we talked about. Oh, and Mr Bruns did this HILARIOUS 'soft musically murmuring' voice! :)1. What did the progressives do to make the workplace safer?Workman’s compensation for when a person gets hurt on the job, unemployment, shorter work days, child labor laws, electricity, OSHA-investigates businesses confirming safe environment for workers, established 1970.2. What did the progressives do to help end or reduce child labor? They pressured politions. Keating –if children made food in New York cannot take it to New Jersey, (prevent trade). Limited work hours eventually banned it. Had previously been working up to 19 hours a day. Smaller hands could fit into smaller areas, may pay them less, don’t know what to fight for or against.. NOW- ages 13 and younger can only baby-sit, mow, scoop snow, delivers phone books or mail. 14-15 –work almost anywhere, only work 20 hours week for school years, up to eight hours a day but need one hour break every four hours. Need to go to school (educated for their future).3. What is prohibition? Why did people want prohibition to come about? What tactics were used to bring about prohibition? Prohibition-banning sale conception of alcohol as a commercial and at bar or tavern. Only allowed at churches, hospitals, and making and consuming in own resident. Big part of culture. Cheap, readily available. Made from corn. Many towns and counties would put prohibition laws for selling. WCTU- Woman’s Christian Temperate’s Union (fought for woman’s abuse rights, men come home drunk and beat wives) the progressives (woman) were the big pushers on outlawing alcohol. Lead to crimes, abuse, cheating, and many more unmoral acts because of alcohol. Held annual parades and rallies to educate people on why they should get the amendment passed and ban alcohol. Carrie Nation used it, but died before it came into play.4. What did progressives do to help workers reduce the number of hours they had to work? At first aimed mostly towards children and then woman. Couple court cases, Mueller vs. Oregon states woman couldn’t work more then ten hours a day. Not good for them physically. -Bunting vs. Oregon. Established ten hour work day for men/ Traditional workday in US was ten hours a day, five to six hours a week. Today, eight hour workday is most common. Some states are nine and ten, but mostly eight. We also have double time and time and a half for overtime hours. Farmers can work more than eight hours a day, as well as teachers, doctors, but all because based on salary.5. What did progressives do to make our country more democratic? Never hired a specific person. Mostly hired kids because could pay them much less than adults. For a fifteen hour work day, for adults, they would get paid about $1.75. Which is about 15 cents per hour. The children would get much less than that. –tried to push for laws. Massachusetts were first to push that. Later on, nationwide law was pushed. – Minimum wage being increased mainly effects younger aged workers, part time workers. This happened in 1938. Today, some men arealso paid more than woman still. Equal pay is still somewhat of a problem.6. What is women’s suffrage? What approaches did women use to gain the right to vote?7. What did progressives do to bring about better wages for workers?8. What is segregation? What did progressives do to help African Americans?9. What did the progressives do to make food and drugs safer for the people of the United States?10. What did progressives (TR) do to help conserve land and resources in our country?11. What did progressives do to regulate businesses in the United States?12. What were the progressive’s philosophy on tariffs? Describe the Federal Reserve System.13. Describe the impact aid organizations had on our country.14. What is socialism? How was it started in the United States?15. What/who were muckrakers and what impact did they have on our country?16. What did businesses do to bring better efficiency to their business?17. Describe the major social changes that affected women during the Progressive Era.18. What did local government do to reform itself during the Progressive Era?Amen Sista.
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