The pros were that you were being protected by the guild in case of something bad happening you like getting hurt or similar. They would help you and your family for example. The cons were that you wouldn't be able to dictate the price of your wares which was done to prevent exploitation of consumers, so even if you were in a position to establish a personal monopoly, you couldn't and you couldn't become richer than what is the adequate wealth for a merchant.
The progressive reforms were prompted by the progressives who included men and women who fought against ruthless big business and corporations, trusts and political machines and called for reforms to combat the evils of child labor, poor working conditions, health and safety, squalid living conditions, the rights of women and minority groups, unfair business practices and consumer protection.
B Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state
<span>The aim of the legislation referred to in this excerpt is:
Reopen banks and convince people to redeposit their cash
President Franklin Roosevelt said three days after the signing of the Act "</span><span>“I can assure you that it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than under the mattress.”
During the Great Depression, a lot of depositors withdrew their money and kept it at home for fear of losing their money when banks declare bankruptcy.
The above Act was passed for the purpose of restoring American confidence in banks when they reopen. The banks underwent financial examination and only those banks deemed financially secure were reopened. </span>
