Wednesday October 20

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

*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


*Taxation/Banking

*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!

*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

*Reforming Government

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