Florence Kelley: worked to end child labour , passed a law that said children under 14 cannot work in factories, started groups that worked against child labour, law stated that women could not work more than 10 hours a day, visited factories to see if they were safe, Progressive leader, worked to help African Americans get equal rights, Muckrackers: wrote about problems in books, magazines and newspapers, caused Americans to become angry, group of progressive , Ida Tarbell: Muckraker with Jacob Riis, wrote a book about Rockefeller's standard oil company, wanted the government to do a better job of controlling big business, Upton Sinclair: Muckracker, wrote about problems in the meat factories, President Roosevelt: became President in 1901, helped to end coal miner strike, first president to help labour unions, wanted laws to protect meat, government must check meat factories to make sure they are clean and safe, worked to protect natural resources(animals, forests, water), wanted people to stop cutting down trees, protected 150 million acres of land, African Americans : fought for reform, created the NAACP, worked against discrimination towards African Americans, discriminated against in many places especially the South, hard to find work, Could not vote, could not go to the same schools as white children, Meat factories: terrible working conditions, dirty, rats on meat, sold bad meat and meat that had fallen on the floor,

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