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Oct. 12, 2010

Today is the first day of presentation

*Worker Safety/conditions
workers had very unsafe condition, every day of the day, and for long hours

no age requirements for young workers

.10 per hour

children got hurt more

keating owen act- couldn't ship goods mad

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Tuesday, October 12

Today we started presenting our projects. Mr. Bruns isn't feeling good and is dizzy, but he's just a whiner. Rachel and I will present our powerpoint on Thursday, since Bruns will be gone tomorrow. We already presented our video so no worries about t

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October 12, 2010

*Worker Safety/conditions
Keaton Owen Act- prohibited crossing of goods made by child labor between states, supreme court decided it was unconstitutional, ban child labor and set minimum wage, not completly rid of child labor but maximum hours of 10 p

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Tuesday October 12, 2010

Started projects for reals today. We'll see how things fly.

Children worked and more likely to get hurt. No minimum wage. Women were allowed to work 10 hour day like men did. Some states started having welfare, early version of social security, accide

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Wednesday, October 12, 2010

Today we are doing chapter 9 projects. Below are the topics for the test.

*Worker Safety/conditions
worked at railroads, in cities. Worked 12 hour days everyday.

No minimum age until later.

Passed Keating Owen Act in 1916- prohibited goods produced by ki

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10/12/10

Today we started our Chapter 9 Progressive Era power points. First went Jessica...

*Worker Safety/conditions
Laborers worked at railroads, skyscrapers, in cities in mills. Worked every day of the week.12 hours a day. sometimes on sundays they worked fo

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Tues., October 12, 2010

today, we did presentations

*Worker Safety/conditions:

laborers worked in unsafe conditions

worked every day of the week

sundays would sometimes be 24hrs

no minimum age until progresssives

10-14 cents per hr.

children tired easily

progressives passed the kea

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Tuesday, October 12th

Today we started presenting projects.

Laborers worker at railroads and other places and worked 7 days a week and usually worked 12 hours a day, there was no age limit saying when people could start working. Children were more likely to get hurt. Keati

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Tuesday, October 12th

Loaborers worked at railroads, skyscrapers in cities, in mills and many other places. Worked seven days a week and twelve hours a day. No minimum age. Railroad workers made 10 cents an hour and steel workers made 14 cents an hour. Children more likel
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Tues Oct 12

reforming government was also called reinvention, labels on drugs didnt have to stay how much was in it just that it is in there
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Tuesday, October 12

  • reinvention or reforming of government
  • goverment should focus on outcomes and needs of customers
  • not on what is needed of bureaucracias(rules)
  • there were at least 18 states that had rules that politicians had to retire at a certain age
  • started judicial a
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october 12/10

today we are starting our preseations.

workmens compensions

hours change

child labor laws

minmun wages

roosevlt did not want monoplies to go away

1909 1/3 of the oil companys were controled by teh same person

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Tuesday, October 12

*Worker Safety/conditions- long hours horrible conditions which made strikes union membership. potential violence prgresstives urged labor unions. they got workers compensation.l their hours changed form long to short. child lavor laws passed. they g
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Tuesday october 12

oh no, we were totally off topic during a presentation. Nooooooooo.... sigh.... yawn.... so i'm going to use a different person's presentation to get my info on government reform.

regulating food and drugs- meat inspection act, medicines and food had

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Tuesday, October 12th

Today we are presenting our Ch nine projects

Reinventing Goverment

goverment should fovus on outcomes and needs of customers

problems should be solved from the lowest level of gov. possible

Term Limits

there were as least 18 states that had rules that sai

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Tuesday October 12

today in class our presentations will begin with Rey Domingez on reforming government. at least 18 states had rules forcing politicians to retire at a certain age. started judicial activism - establishing new laws not made by congress changed electio
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Tuesday October 12th

*Worker Safety/conditions

*Reforming elections

*Segregation

*Regulating food & drugs

*Conservation

*Monopolies

*Taxation/Banking

*Aid Organizations-helping poor

*Muckrakers

*Efficiency in the workplace

*Women social changes

*Reforming Government

Rey- Refo

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tuesday october 12, 2010

the pure food and drug act haulted the sale of contaminted food and medicine and called for truth labeling. the worker saftey/conditions wanted to reduce the number of child workers, reformers worked to protect workers and to end child labor. an act

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Daily Blog Post : October 12, 2010

*Reforming elections

*Segregation

*Conservation

*Monopolies

*Taxation/Banking- four constitutional amendments were adopted during the progressive era, authorized and income tax,

Pure Food and Drug Act: meat inspection act : required the meat packing p

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