1. Problem City parks Garbage cleanup and street sweepers Providing better sanitary conditions (bathrooms to every apartment) Progressive Solution Meat-inspection act Tenement act of 1901 pure food and drug act- FDA Enacted Reform Progressive Movement Environment

2. Problem Seneca Falls Convention (1848) National American women’s suffrage assoc. Labor committee- pushed for labor laws for children More time for schooling Progressive Solution 19 th amendment National labor board Owens-Keating (limited work hours and improved working conditions for children) 18 th Amendment (Prohibition) Enacted Reform Progressive Movement society

3. Problem Progressive reforms- initiative, recall, referendum, direct primaries Reform local governments- city councils Progressive Solution 17 th amendment- direct election of senators and secret ballot Civil service reform act Recognition of unions 19 th amendment Enacted Reform Progressive Movement Political

4. Problem Minimum wage- at city levels of government Poverty book Settlement Houses- education and childcare for immigrants- to help them find jobs and homes Progressive Solution Child labor laws Trustbusting Gov. recognition of unions Enacted Reform Progressive Movement workforce