Industrial Revolution

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WWI helped women get the vote because they worked so hard during WWI.

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The Nineteenth Amendment gave women’s suffrage.

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Labor Reform

Labor unions struggled in the 1800s to fight for better working conditions (shorter work day, workers’ comp).

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Labor reform

Unions went on strike, and they turned violent most of the time.

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Labor unions

Skilled labor unions were more successful because they were harder to replace.

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Progressives got laws passed that prohibited child labor.

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Progressives passed laws limiting hours women worked.

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Progressives passed laws requiring workplace safety.

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Workplace safety.

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Progressive Presidents

Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt

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Teddy was the youngest president in history at the time.

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Trust buster

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Roosevelt read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, a muckraker

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As a result, he passed the Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drug Act

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1906

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Efficient industry

While some progressives fought industry with labor unions and government regulation, others helped industry by using science in the workplace.

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