Key: Progressive Response to Societal Problems
Problem
Workers work 60-84
hours per week.
Children work in
dangerous industries.
Each year about 35,000
workers are killed and
500,000 maimed in
industrial accidents.
The meat industry has
poor sanitation and sells
diseased and
contaminated meat.
Enacted Reform
Many states passed laws limiting the work day to eight hours.
Many harmful additives
are put into food.
Companies make
misleading statements
about their products.
The Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed in 1906, which gave
federal officials the right to prohibit the sale of impure drugs, foods,
and liquors.
There is vote fraud
because people can see
how each other vote.
“Backroom deals” have
led to the election of
many wealthy
businessmen to the
Senate.
Elected officials favor
special-interest groups,
especially big business.
The secret ballot was put into place in many areas.
Some elected officials
break the law but
continue to serve out
their term in office
Political party leaders
often select candidates
that only benefit
insiders.
By 1912 three fourths of the states had passed laws banning child
labor.
Workers’ compensation laws were passed that forced employers to
pay employees who were injured or contracted a disease because
of their jobs.
The Meat Inspection Act was passed in 1906, which gave federal
officials the right to inspect meat, due in large part to a response
from the conditions in Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle.
Corrupt city bosses and political machines were replaced by
appointed commissioners and city managers.
The 17th Amendment to the Constitution required that U.S. senators
be directly elected by the populace rather than selected by state
legislatures. The initiative allowed citizens to bypass the legislature
and propose laws directly. The referendum allowed citizens to
directly vote on laws.
Many states passed laws allowing the removal of politicians from
office through the recall.
The 17th Amendment to the Constitution required that U.S. senators
be directly elected by the populace rather than selected by state
legislatures. Direct primaries replaced the system in which party
leaders picked candidates.
Mr. Kelly’s History Class
Key: Progressive Response to Societal Problems
One percent of the
population owns 50% of
the wealth, while 50% of
the people own almost
nothing.
Tariffs help protect big
business but can hurt
the common worker.
Monopolies or nearmonopolies provide
huge profits for their
owners by gouging
consumers.
Monopolies or nearmonopolies gouge
consumers with higher,
noncompetitive prices.
The 300 largest
corporations own more
than 40% of the
industrial wealth of the
country.
In 1913 the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed,
establishing an income tax that required the wealthy to pay taxes on
their income for the first time.
If something needs to
get done quickly in a
city, people need to pay
a bribe.
The police are poorly
paid and poorly trained.
Cities are overcrowded,
with impure water
supplies.
The behavior of city
residents is poor,
resulting in STDs, crime,
and alcoholism.
Corrupt city bosses and political machines were replaced by
appointed commissioners and city managers.
Tariffs continued throughout this time period.
The Sherman Antitrust Act and Clayton Antitrust Act resulted in the
federal government suing large corporations involved in monopolies
and prohibited the sale of corporations’ stock when their sale might
lead to a monopoly.
The Sherman Antitrust Act and Clayton Antitrust Act resulted in the
federal government suing large corporations involved in monopolies
and prohibited the sale of corporations’ stock when their sale might
lead to a monopoly.
The Sherman Antitrust Act and Clayton Antitrust Act resulted in the
federal government suing large corporations involved in monopolies
and prohibited the sale of corporations’ stock when their sale might
lead to a monopoly.
Police forces were professionalized.
City water systems were purified.
The attempts to crack down on these problems was not very
successful and gained the resentment of many people, especially
immigrants, who felt they were looked at as inferior people who
needed to be controlled.
Mr. Kelly’s History Class