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Problem: Destroying the Environment Industries overuse the land Extracting natural resources Ranching, logging, bonanza wheat farmingsoil depletion Mining, oil drilling Pollution Coal dust - air Waste disposal - water Destroying the Environment: Solution Conservation movement Teddy! And John Muir National parks Regulations Problem: Unsafe Products Ingredients?!? Medicines Unclean Food Unsanitary Conditions Unsafe Products: Solution Meatpacking – Upton Sinclair writes The Jungle Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act Ingredients lists, and warning labels Problem: Corruption in Government Political Machines Bribery, favoritism Buying Elections Inefficient/wasteful Patronage Corruption in Government: Solution Taylorism – efficiency (like the assembly line) Departments to mange specific issues Robert La Follett – primaries for candidates Citizen participation Pendleton Act Recalls, referendums, initiatives, secret ballot Jobs given to candidates based on merit not favors 17th Amendment to the Constitution – direct election of senators
