Progressive era Storyboard
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- Labor IssuesMany suffered and protested against the 12-13 hour shifts, low wages, dangerous work space, Children working, and even refusal of recognizing unionsRoosevelt worked out the Square deal that help workers and business work together helped the hours from 13 to 10 hours shifts.
- Strike!
- Immigration and UrbanizationThe United States went from a rural country to a industrial power house with the amount of people to cities from 1890-1920Immigrants flocked the united states to get a brand new life and flourish the new opportunities of jobs. Tenements were overran which cities ordered the tenements to have at least a light and ventilation .
- Women's Rights Women were not treated fairly with no similar rights, opportunity, and were not equal to men during this time period. Creation of the Women's Trade Union League which united women workers and middle classBy world war 1 women were filling in factory jobs for men, Alice paul was chaining herself and other women to the white house fence to fight for equality, and By 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed that gave women the right to vote
- Government Reforms Roosevelt and the Government gave the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set rates subject to court reviews Muckraking led the Senate to pass a pure food and drug act and the Meat Inspection Act.
- ProhibitionThe Anti-Saloon League and churches argued that Alcohol was damaging America and destroying families. Government passed the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacturing and selling of alcohol which people found around that and sold it illegally.Crime and death rates rose which in 1930s until the government passed the 21st Amendment that repealed the 18th Amendment.
- Muchrakers/CrusadersRevelation of corporate and political wrongdoing as well as social injustice covered the news papers and boosted sales of magazines. Muckraking provided huge assistance in securing progressive legislation Roosevelt criticized the doings of exposing the bad things going on in America.
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