One of the biggest problems during the Progressive Era was Child Labor. The workers got angry and they started to form labor unions which were groups of workers who made a deal with business to get better payments and better working conditions. Another problem with child labor during the Progressive Era was that they worked short hours of 8 hours a day and they also had no sick days when they were working in the factories. Another problem with child labor during the Progressive Era was that they faced some discrimination and women and blacks were not allowed to work in the factories during the Progressive Era. Also, some of the workers went on strikes because they didn’t went to work and they demanded the wages to be increased from
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Some of the problems with Women’s Rights were that they fought for suffrage. Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were the the first two women to fight for women suffrage. NAWSA helped the women push for suffrage which were the women's right to vote. NAWSA helped President Wilson to get the suffrage law passed. Some of the solutions with women’s right were that during 1919, Congress gave women’s suffrage which was the 19th Amendment. From 1910 -1914, seven more states passed women suffrage laws. Educated women built settlement houses to help the poor and the immigrants. During this time, women went to college to become teachers, nurses, typists, store clerks, and telephone operators to serve to help improve the economy.
Alcoholism was a major problem that affected the Progressive Era . Some of the problems with alcoholism were that the prohibitionists tried to prevent making and distributing alcohol. Prohibition was the ban of producing and selling alcohol. This action led to WW1. Another problem was that the women passed prohibition which led to the 18th Amendment. Some of the solutions for alcoholism were the increase of production and selling of alcohol. This helped to improve the economy to get stronger. Also, helped increase the number of jobs during this
Some of the problems with Women’s Rights were that they fought for suffrage. Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were the the first two women to fight for women suffrage. NAWSA helped the women push for suffrage which were the women's right to vote. NAWSA helped President Wilson to get the suffrage law passed. Some of the solutions with women’s right were that during 1919, Congress gave women’s suffrage which was the 19th Amendment. From 1910 -1914, seven more states passed women suffrage laws. Educated women built settlement houses to help the poor and the immigrants. During this time, women went to college to become teachers, nurses, typists, store clerks, and telephone operators to serve to help improve the economy.
Alcoholism was a major problem that affected the Progressive Era . Some of the problems with alcoholism were that the prohibitionists tried to prevent making and distributing alcohol. Prohibition was the ban of producing and selling alcohol. This action led to WW1. Another problem was that the women passed prohibition which led to the 18th Amendment. Some of the solutions for alcoholism were the increase of production and selling of alcohol. This helped to improve the economy to get stronger. Also, helped increase the number of jobs during this