Movement to Reform Local Government by Olivia Bliss https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug Olivia Bliss & Emily Madison en-us 2018-10-19 18:32:40 UTC 2024-06-03 02:12:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Problems that led to the need for reform: blisso701 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/294971047 In many large cities, political bosses rewarded their supporters with jobs ad kickbacks and openly bought votes with favors and bribes]]> 2018-10-19 18:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/294971047 People and/or groups involved: blisso701 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/294972444 - People elected a city council to make laws.
- Council appointed manager to run the cities departments.
- In some cities mayors introduced progressive reforms without changing how government was organized such as Hazen Pingree of Detroit, Michigan and Tom Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio.]]> 2018-10-19 18:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/294972444 Successes blisso701 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/294976187 - The adoption of the council-manager form of government.
- Pingree instituted a fairer tax structure, lowered fares for public transportation, rooted out corruption, and set up a system of work relief for the unemployed.
- In 1916 the Keating-Own Act prohibited the transportation across state lines of goods produced with child labor.]]> 2018-10-19 18:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/294976187 The government is trying to create reforms to help the country, but corruption is taking over. madisone956 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296122983 http://www.american-historama.org/1881-1913-maturation-era/progressive-era-timeline.htm]]> 2018-10-23 18:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296122983 Women want the government to give more freedom to women. madisone956 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296128408 https://ushistoryb4.weebly.com/reforms-major-reforms-and-their-impact.html]]> 2018-10-23 18:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296128408 Children are working in some type of mill. madisone956 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296129926 https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/national-child-labor-committee/]]> 2018-10-23 18:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296129926 Women putting up signs "advertisements" to get rights. madisone956 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296133719 http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3661]]> 2018-10-23 18:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296133719 Woodrow Wilson priming the pump, which represents business', with buckets of legislation. madisone956 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296136288 https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/civil-war-reconstruction/progressive-era/]]> 2018-10-23 18:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296136288 A women looking outside of the trapped area filled with kids, cooking, cleaning, and gossip. madisone956 https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296138099 https://study.com/academy/lesson/women-in-the-progressive-era.html]]> 2018-10-23 18:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/blisso701/kptfvz1t10ug/wish/296138099