Today in class we started going over our presentations for chapter 9.
*Worker Safety/conditions-
-changed it so children couldnt work in certain areas and really not at all
-most people sent their kids to work instead to school becuase of money.
*Reforming elections -
-only certain people could vote. you had to be a white male
recall- is someone is doing a bad job they can hold a special election to get rid of that person in state elections.
*Segregation -
-used it as a way to separte people by their color.
-1960's is when they eventually passed lows against racial segration
-progressives didnt really help segregation but in some cases it made it worse.
*Regulating food & drugs-
-1906 congress passed Pure Food and Drug Act which said that you had to put label wat was on the product.
*Conservation -
-The US Forest Bureau in 1887 with drew 45 million areas of timberland for a national forest reserve.
*Monopolies -
-monopoly- when a business or coorporation took over all of the smaller business so they owned all of that product
-clayton antitrust act prohibited corporations form aquiring stocks that had everything of that product.
-they were formed by large bussiness buying out smaller businesses
*Taxation/Banking-
-created federal income tax
*Aid Organizations-helping poor-
*Muckrakers -
*Efficiency in the workplace-
*Women social changes -
*Reforming Government -
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