Progressive Era

What is the spoils/patronage system?

• giving benefits to the poor

• voting in elections.

• giving government jobs and benefits to supporters in exchange for political loyalty

True or False:
There were no problems during the Gilded Age.

• True:
  America just grew and everyone got richer.

• False:

  There were many problems, including child labor, sweatshops, poor pay, dangerous working conditions, poverty, tenements, racism, nativism, monopolies and corruption

What does public interest mean?

• the welfare or well-being of the general public

• the financial gain of individuals

• the interests of private corporations

What were the goals of the Progressives?

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• Expand democracy

• Pass laws and regulations for the public interest

• limit power of monopolies,
  trusts and big businesses

• help the poor, needy, the unfortunate

What problems of the working people did Progressives try to help with?

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• poor & dangerous working conditions

• long hours, days with little benefits & protections

• poor pay

• child labor

What did the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 do?

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• regulate and limit

  child labor

• mandate a

  minimum wage

• expand the power of big businesses

• define what each type of job is

What other law & regulation about working did Progressives pass?

• overtime pay, and limiting too much working hours and days

• nothing, they only covered child labor and minimum wage

Who was an ally of the Progressives?
An ally is someone with a common goal.

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• Unions

• Suffragettes

• Big Businesses

• Boss Tweed

Why were Unions & Suffragettes allied

with the Progressives?

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• expand democracy
  (voting rights for women)

• help the poor working class & limit child labor

• help the needy

• limit the power of big businnsess

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938

limited & regulated child labor by:

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• must be at-least 18 years old for dangerous work, like mining

• must be 16 years old to work during school hours

• must be 14 years old to work after school

• it did not limit child labor