https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7 en-us 2019-01-28 15:31:11 UTC 2025-11-19 21:35:12 UTC hello@padlet.com icher04791 https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/324979133 It talks about how the kids how are in horrible working conditions with them crushing their fingers, coal getting in their eyes, getting bruised and losing of limbs.I think its horrible because they really do not know what to do which causes injuries and they only get paid 20 cents a day which is horrible. You can tell that the factories they work at are not that stable which when you walk in clouds of dust and coal are in the air.https://www.scoop.it/t/the-progressive-era-1890-1920]]> 2019-01-28 15:38:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/324979133 ehern5758 https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/325430616 In this political cartoon Theodore Roosevelt is presented as a hunter that is "hunting" trusts. The bad trusts represents corrupt companies. The good trusts he has in a leash that says "restraint". this probably means that even though they are not bad trusts he need to keep them under control so that they do not turn into bad trusts. The other bear in the back is people or companies supporting President Roosevelt.]]> 2019-01-29 15:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/325430616 ehern5758 https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/325437460 https://www.cbhsushistory.com/Shame%20of%20the%20Cities.pdf
This excerpt from the book "The shame of the Cities"  describes how he travels to and from major urban cities. In these cities he finds that there major corruption and bribery. He does not agree with the theory that the people who accept the bribes are the ones to blame. He believes that is it the businesses that run throughout the cities are the ones to blame. ]]> 2019-01-29 15:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/325437460 icher04791 https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/325438815 This cartoon shows the big winners on election day in 1917 in new York voters had adopted a women.suffrage amendment to the state constitution which is backed upon Tammany hall New York City's Democratic political machine. While some states were allowed to vote the law wasn't passed until the 19th amendment.

]]> 2019-01-29 15:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ehern5758/aub02ztk7du7/wish/325438815