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AMERICA SEEKS REFORMS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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1 AMERICA SEEKS REFORMS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
_____________ era KEY POINTS AMERICA SEEKS REFORMS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

2 ORIGINS OF _____________
As America entered into the 20th century, _____ ____ _______addressed many ______ ______: 1. ______ ______ 2. ______for _____& children 3._________ reform 4. __________ issues.

3 ____________

4 ________WORKING _______
As the number of child workers rose, ________worked to _____ ______ ____ Nearly every state limited or banned ______ _____ by ______

5 _____ ______ Founded by ______ ______
It was built to provided _____ _______ & ______ activities for _______ _______

6 ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ ___ _____
_________ ______ Amendment: ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ ___ _____

7 ____th Amendment: ______selling, _____of ______in _______
_________ _______during the early 1900’s was believed to be a __________within the United States. During this time period many different groups supported the ______ __ _____consumption and the ______ ______of the substance. Some of the major groups include ________, _______, ______ groups, & _______. ____th Amendment: ______selling, _____of ______in _______

8 THE ___________

9 CORRUPTION IN POLITICS
Issues: ________! _______machines or ______trusts (________) usually influenced which ______were elected by money bribes and in return were given _______ contracts or ______. ___ Amendment: _________election of _________by ________voters

10 TRUST By 1900, Trusts – legal bodies created to hold stock in many companies – controlled 80% of U.S. industries Roosevelt filed 44 antitrust suits under the Sherman Antitrust Act

11 Theodore “_______” Roosevelt’s Presidency
Roosevelt proposed his _____ _____ in which “every man will receive __ ______ or __ _____ just a square deal!” Roosevelt ________wanted to ______ ____ ______, rather he wanted to _____ ______ of it by using _____ -_____ legislation. Roosevelt understood the ______of big business (corportations) and the role in played in making the United States powerful enough to compete with other nations. ________

12 _______ _______

13 Muckrakers The _________ was the name given by ______ ________ to a group of ______ _________ who helped ____ _____ on the _______ happening in ______.

14 In 1906 an individual by the name _____ _____ published an article called “_____ ______” in which he described the ________ conditions of the ______ ______ industry. _____ ____ ______ – it allowed the _______to set the ________of cleanliness and the federal inspection of meat sold.

15 ______ _____&______ _____
Congress passed the _____ Food and _____ Act in ____ The Act halted the sale of _______ _____ and ______ and called for ______in labeling

16 ROOSEVELT AND THE ENVIRONMENT
________ made preservation of our _______a ______ concern of his administration Created a ________ ______ system.

17 _______ __. _________________
African Americans _______ __. _________________ __. __. __ ________

18 ______ FORMED TO _______ RIGHTS


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