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Protecting Working Children Reformers were working to end child labor. Children suffered from health problems and stunted growth. Reformers finally banned all child labor in almost every state.
Direct Election of Senators 17th Amendment lets let's people vote for US senators instead of state legislatures.
Womens role in the work force Farm- cook, make clothes, launder, raise livestock, and farm. Industry-Offices, stores, and classrooms. Domestic-cooks, launderesses, scrubwomen, and maids.
Higher Education for women Vessar College- 22 women and 8 men faculty (1865) Smith and Wellesly colleges opened in 1875. Columbia, Brown and Harvard colleges refused to accept women.
Womens right to vote Suffrage was the right to vote. Women worked hard for many years to get the right to vote.
Teddy Roosevelt He was a veteran, that was governor of New York. When McKinley became president, Roosevelt was his vice president. 6 months later, McKinley was assissinated and Roosevelt became president.
Square Deal President Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms designed to protect the common people against big business.
Civil Rights T.R. didn't support civil rights for African Americans, but he did support a few individual African Americans.
Women's Voting In 1919, congress passed the 19th amendment. It gave women the right to vote.
Muller v. Oregon Argued that poor working women were much more econimically insecure than large corporations.
