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 * Issue || Problems || Reform Efforts and Accomplishments ||
 * Monopolies || limited competition and led to curruption because of the amount of power centered in one group ||  ||
 * Women's Rights and opportunities || women's were considered second class citizens and did not have rights such as voting || the suffrage movement overcame the social challenges of women and hte 19th amendment was added banning discrimination among voters based on sex ||
 * political undemocraticness || the political parties were viewed to have to much influence and to take power away from the people || reforms such as initiative and referendum and direct and primary recall limited the power of the party and put power back into the hands of the people ||
 * Temperance || alcohol abuse became increasingly common as did its negative affects on others || the 18th amendment banned the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages illegal. the temperance movement also worked against the saloons because they were viewed to support the politcal bosses ||
 * Preservation || land, mainly in the west, was being settled and exploited to a negative effect || Roosevelt added millions of acres to the already existing national forrest system and the national park system. the national reclamation act also protected land by setting it aside for irrigation projects ||
 * Economic || monopolies and tariffs were believed to limit competition and many banks were in peril || Woodrow Wilson lowered the Protective Tariff and inacted the Federal Reserve Act to aid banks ||
 * african american rights and opportunities || although rights were gained they were not enforced and they also lacked many opportunities of whites ||  ||
 * immigration ||  ||   ||
 * housing conditions || tenements of the poor and immgrants lacked healthy living conditions ||  ||
 * working conditions || often dangerous conditions and long hours were forced upon workers. also there was no compensation for being injured on the job || robert la follette worked for the rights of workers in the work place and compensation for being hurt in the workplace ||
 * capitalism || the balance of power was tipped to the big business and took opportunities from citizens || antitrust act and the hepburn act looked to regulate large busisness ||