CS13 - The Progressive Era Pages 1-4

Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.

The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.

Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.

States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.

To promote industrial monopolies

To support urban workers

To advocate for farmers' rights and economic reform

To eliminate all political parties

A

B

C

D

Jacob Riis

Upton Sinclair

Ida B Wells

Jane Adams

The company was dissolved

The company was allowed to operate independently

The company merged with other railroads

The lawsuit was dismissed

To regulate railroad rates

To prevent anticompetitive practices

To dissolve trusts

To protect consumer rights