Causes of the Progressive Era
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Causes of the Progressive Era
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unskilled workers, unsafe working conditions, unscrupulous business practices, low wages, child labor, long hours (AFL helped with these problems!)
Industrialization
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crowded living conditions, prejudice and discrimination
Immigration
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concentration of workers in low income housing near factories, poor sanitation and spread of disease
Urbanization
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Political corruption, spoils system (giving jobs to your friends or people who are not qualified)
Politics
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Tried to solve the problems or causes of the Progressive Era.
Political Reforms
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People bring an idea to the ballot
Initiative
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Voters could remove unsatisfactory officials (corruption)
Recall
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State brings the idea to the ballot
Referendum
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voter’s select party’s candidate
Direct Primary
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giving jobs to those who deserve them (Opposite of the spoils system!)
Merit System
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Most federal government employees are on the merit system and this marked the end of the so-called spoils system. The act provided for some government jobs to be filled on the basis of competitive exams.
Civil Service Reform- Pendleton Act