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- Labor issues plagued the Progressive Era. Workers faced long hours, low wages, and dangerous working conditions. Child labor was widespread, with young children working in factories under hazardous conditions.
- I'm hungry
- I'm so tired from these 18 hours shifts
- Solutions to these problems were labor unions, child labor laws, strikes and protests. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed.
- Samuel Gompers and "Mother" Jones both fought for labor rights and against child labor.
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- Alcohol abuse was seen as a source of social problems, including domestic violence, poverty, and crime.
- The 18th Amendment (1919) established Prohibition, banning the production, sale, and transport of alcohol.
- Alcohol is the devil!
- Frances Willard and Carrie Nation championed for alcohol bans
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- Corruption is bad!
- Government corruption, lack of transparency, and abuse of power ran rampant.
- Solutions were the passing of the 17th Amendment, anti-corruption laws and regulations.
- Leaders of the Progressive Movement were Robert M. La Follette and Teddy Roosevelt. They fought against the establishment and corruption.
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