History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 33 – The Age of Reform
2 Feb 2012
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referendums, citizens initiatives, secret ballot, direct election of senators, women s suffrage (1920: 2. Involved efforts to make governments more careful with budgets and end corruption: 3. regulation of large corporations and monopolies two main approaches: 4. Morality y trust busting: government should break up monopolies into smaller companies y regulation: large corporations are natural part of capitalism and should not be broken up, just regulated. development of social workers, charity work, settlement houses (community centers usually in slums) enactment of child labour laws, gave them opportunity to go to school instead of work. Improvement to worker s conditions (8 hour day, safer environment, minimum wage, workers compensation, unionization) prohibition 18th amendment 1918 y who was involved: mainly people in working and middle class, many women, chance for women to move beyond the domestic sphere, many professionals, many scientific reforms. more concentration on leisure activities in cities.
