1. How did Roosevelt create the modern presidency?
He attacked the industries, none of the other presidents did that, he was the first one to make people see and listen to the power he had.
2. How did Roosevelt's intervention in a coal strike set a precedent for federal arbitration?
By telling the owners of the coal factories to negoiate with the workers or he would send the army in to take over it was a big shock for them! no president have ever done this before! so he set the footsteps for the government to start to take over the rules of industries etc.
3. What did Roosevelt do to the trusts and railroads?
The trusts and railroads were put into the control of the government.
4. What legislation passed during Roosevelt's presidency protected citizens?
The meat, and drug act. this act protected the everyday people by helping them watch what they eat (not in a getting fat way) but in a i will keep you healthy way.
5. What did Roosevelt do to protect the environment?
Roosevelt set up preservation lands to keep people from distrubting the land, he set aside national parks such as the grand caynon, and yellowstone. Roosevelt also set up dams along the biggest regions, The hoover dam.
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Urbanzation.
1. What is Urbanization?
The rapid growth of cities, mostly in the northeast or midwest.
2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
In 1990s to find jobs in factories.(Imigrants), on farms machines replaced people so farmers went to the cities to find jobs, mostly african americans. mostley for the jobs that were easy to find in this time period, even if it ment low wages( it could be better than they were getting before.)
3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Cities population grew fast, so there was little room to live, plus there was a shortage in houseing. lived in a small amount of space with lots of people, tenatments had lots of families in them that were diry. Rohouse was a single fam house that shared walls with other houses.
lots of fires because of the lack of water and the trash in the streets.
The rapid growth of cities, mostly in the northeast or midwest.
2. For what reasons did a number of Americans move from the country to the cities?
In 1990s to find jobs in factories.(Imigrants), on farms machines replaced people so farmers went to the cities to find jobs, mostly african americans. mostley for the jobs that were easy to find in this time period, even if it ment low wages( it could be better than they were getting before.)
3. What were the housing problems that many poor city dwellers faced?
Cities population grew fast, so there was little room to live, plus there was a shortage in houseing. lived in a small amount of space with lots of people, tenatments had lots of families in them that were diry. Rohouse was a single fam house that shared walls with other houses.
lots of fires because of the lack of water and the trash in the streets.
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