Today Mr. Bruns started out talking about how to get the best grades in History class. Then we continued with our presentations, and Mr. Bruns, along with the rest of the class, is hoping we'll finish today. He also told us that we will be doing blog discussions tomorrow over our last assigned blog.
Notes:
*Worker Safety/conditions
Children were more likely to get hurt. Could work long hours in bad conditions. Many children worked before the legal age of 14. Heated and overcrowded work environment. Progressives gave women a 10 hour work day, got everyone insurance, wellfare, social security, etc.
*Reforming elections
Secret ballot allowed people to vote in privacy. Referendum allowed voters to vote if a bill should be passed or not. Recall allowed voters to vote and petition if they want to have elected representative removed from office or not. Direct Primary-made sure voters elected candidates rather than party bosses.
*Segregation
Roosevelt didn't support rights for blacks. NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Wilson refused to desegregate government employees, this is why segregation was a limit of the Progressive Era.
*Regulating food & drugs
Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act.
*Conservation
Forestry protection, saved trees, National Parks. People thought their resources were endless, Roosevelt made it a big deal that they were not, and pushed to help preserve the environment.
*Monopolies
Broke up large monopolies such as standard oil, steel, etc. Clayton Antitrust Act-strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act. FTC.
*Taxation/Banking
Wilson worked to lower tariffs. Underwood Act- reduced tariffs for the first time since Civil War. 16th Amendment allowed income tax. Income tax was used to make up for revenue lost by lowering tariffs.
*Aid Organizations-helping poor
Jane Addams settlement houses.
*Muckrakers
Wrote about corrupt side of business and public life in magazines.
*Efficiency in the workplace
Frederick Winslow Taylor- motion studies. Scientific management got things done faster. Assembly lines caused fatigue injuries. Owners reduced hours and raised wages.
*Women social changes
Women's suffrage movement. Women voting moved from West to East. 19th amendment allowed women to vote. NAWSA- National American Woman Suffrage Association.
*Reforming Government
Local- Natural disasters; big role. Cities created new branches to deal with disasters. Hurrican legislature appointed a 5 member commission. Flood council had a manager government. People elected city council to make laws, the council appointed manager to run city's department. Pingree did a lot, made transportation fees lower, taxes more reasonable, etc.
State- Aimed for equality. Taxed railroad properties at same rate as business properties. Robert M. La Follete regulated business as a Wisconsin governor.
National- Popular election. States allowed coters to nominate senators- Seventeenth Amendment.
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