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Reforms and Roosevelt

Reforms and Roosevelt. Economic and Political Reforms Corporations were restricted, somewhat, from politics Ex.: Railroads Child labor was effectively ended A federal law fighting child labor was ruled unconstitutional Nearly every state passed laws banning child labor

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Reforms and Roosevelt

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  1. Reforms and Roosevelt

  2. Economic and Political Reforms • Corporations were restricted, somewhat, from politics • Ex.: Railroads • Child labor was effectively ended • A federal law fighting child labor was ruled unconstitutional • Nearly every state passed laws banning child labor • Working conditions were improved at the state level • Many states passed laws limiting the hours an employee could be made to work in a day, particularly women • Many states passed laws requiring employers to pay workers’ compensation • Government was made more representative • Primary systems were put in place in most states • The 17th amendment said that senators should be elected by the people

  3. Roosevelt – P. 523-525 • How did Theodore Roosevelt become president? • What did Theodore Roosevelt do that brought him to national prominence? • How did Roosevelt create the modern presidency? • What was the “square deal”?

  4. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Read the excerpt from The Jungle and answer the following questions: • What do you think Sinclair’s purpose was in writing The Jungle? • What effect do you think The Jungle had on American society

  5. Health Reforms • Meat Inspection Act • Put in rules for hygiene for meatpackers • Instituted federal inspectors of meatpacking plants • Pure Food and Drug Act • Outlawed the sale of contaminated food and medicine • Called for truth in labeling

  6. Roosevelt and Civil Rights – P. 530-531 • How did Progressives in general, and Roosevelt in particular, deal with the issue of Civil Rights? • Who was Booker T. Washington? • Who was W. E. B. Du Bois? • Compare and contrast the stances of Washington and Du Bois (what did they agree on, what did they disagree on?)

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