During the Progressive era, a series of reforms were made to fix some problems that came with industrialization. One of those problems were women and child labor.
Child and female labor reforms were created during the progressive era to provide safer conditions for women and children to work. They were set a limit of hours day and week of labor.
Also, education became more important during the Progressive era, even though children were still hired for work they also went to school more.
A series of laws were passed in Oregon, Illinois, Virginia, Michigan, Louisiana, and other states prohibited women of working more than 10 hours a day.
This is both true and false the United States is a federal constitutional presidential republic. It is a joining of fifty smaller subject republic's known as states, they and the federal government imitate the Roman res publica style of government which is a further advancement of the Greek style. However the United States elects everyone in a similar manner by direct popular vote. This is the case with Governors, Representatives and Senators for the State legislatures and the United States Congress. The president is elected in a combination of the two. The populous votes for the person who they want to be president. After each state tallies its majority vote that States electoral college votes go to the winner of the majority in that state. It is very rare that a president wins both the electoral college and the popular votes. The electoral college decides the next president not the popular despite both being integrally connected to each other. This system ensures that States with a larger population cannot control the executive branch of the United States.
One of the main reasons why New England merchants became leading members of society is because they were able to accumulate large amounts of wealth, due to the fact that trade was quite profitable during this time.
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