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1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night . ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER!

Hi. 1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night . ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER! “Fix You” Coldplay Answers: B C A B A D D. Learning Goal 11. I will be able to:

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1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night . ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER!

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  1. Hi • 1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night. ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER! • “Fix You” • Coldplay • Answers: • B • C • A • B • A • D • D

  2. Learning Goal 11 • I will be able to: • Cite and explain the importance of examples of political corruption during the Gilded Age (Spoils System, political machines, political bosses, Tammany Hall) • Identify seven voting problems during the Progressive Era and six solutions proposed to fix them (16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, Direct Primary, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Wisconsin Plan) • Summarize why these reforms were put in place

  3. Political Corruption Voting problems and solutions Reasons • Pol machine – org tried to get candidates elected; Tammany Hall in NY most famous • Pol boss – head of machine • Strategies = stuff ballot boxes, bribes, pay voters • Spoils system – gov’t jobs given based on loyalty, Pendleton Civil Service Act tried to fix • Problem = gov’t has too much power, ignoring needs/wishes of the people • Solutions = all try to empower people and give them more say • When the people have more say, they have more power

  4. 17th Amendment – the people

  5. Each State = 2 Senators Pat Toomey – Republican Bob Casey – Democrat

  6. Direct Primary – voters choose candidates for public office

  7. Initiative

  8. Referendum

  9. Recall

  10. The Wisconsin Plan

  11. Gov’t Problems & Solutions – LG 11

  12. Gov’t Problems & Solutions

  13. Union Membership

  14. Learning Goal 12 • I will be able to: • Cite examples of problems workers faced during the Progressive Era (children’s employment, long hours, low wages, injuries on the job, company towns, scrip) • Explain the solutions that were attempted • Summarize the response of the US Supreme Court to worker’s rights laws and how it affected union membership

  15. Child labor Problems Square Deal Working conditions Unions • Kids under 15 worked in factories, mills, mines • Child labor & minimum wage laws = ruled unconstitutional b/c SC said not gov’ts job to regulate wages; if wages too low, pple should choose not to work there, but ALL paid low • Company towns; had to live there, paid in scrip instead of real money, lasted until 1950s • T. Roosevelt, balance needs of business, workers, & people • 1902 Coal Miner’s strike, pple w/o coal for winter, TR encouraged arbitration or letting 3rd party decide; 1st time gov’t stepped in to help workers • 1st to use Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break monopoly • Conservation = national parks and forests • 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist fire – 146 women killed b/c management locked them in • Worker’s compensation initiated - $ if hurt on the job • SC continued to rule against workers, union membership up to help b/c gov’t wouldn’t

  16. Triangle Shirtwaist Company – NY

  17. PROBLEMS PEOPLE FACED SOLUTIONS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER

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