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CHAP. 8

CHAP. 8. PROGRESSIVES. Reform Change Corruption, environment. GOOD GOVT. MOVEMENT. Business+ethics. SUFFRAGE. Women, 1911 2% margin. MORALS. Anti-saloons Racetrack gambling 1913: illegal brothels. ANTI-JAPANESE. Recall: Workingmen’s, 1877. WORK. WORKERS. Harsh conditions

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CHAP. 8

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  1. CHAP. 8

  2. PROGRESSIVES • Reform • Change • Corruption, environment

  3. GOOD GOVT. MOVEMENT • Business+ethics

  4. SUFFRAGE • Women, 1911 • 2% margin

  5. MORALS • Anti-saloons • Racetrack gambling • 1913: illegal brothels

  6. ANTI-JAPANESE

  7. Recall: Workingmen’s, 1877

  8. WORK

  9. WORKERS • Harsh conditions • 12-18 hrs., 7 days: S.F. bakers

  10. UNIONS – S.F. • Sailors • could not quit, corporal punishment • Closed shop by 1915 • Strong Unions

  11. L.A. • Open shop • No bargaining w/Unions • No change until Dep.

  12. FARM WORKERS • Worse conditions • No rights • Ralph Durst • Little housing • Unsanitary • 100 degrees, no water

  13. Organization • Slow

  14. ECONOMY • Declining by 1926

  15. SOCIETY • Children malnourished • Mexicans – deported • Lost wages, homes

  16. Ethnic antagonism • Filipinos • 1898 • 1940: 2/3 in CA • Rioting, murder • Fears? • Economics • Socializing w/White women

  17. OKIES • Dust Bowl

  18. Govt. help • PWA: federal build., bases • WPA: roads, parks

  19. CULTURE • J. Steinbeck • Wrath • Films • Maltese Falcon

  20. photos • Dorothea Lange • Victims

  21. RADIO • 70% • Entertainment

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