2 fev 1913 ano - Government Corruption/ The Gilded Age

Descrição:

- Moral Purity:
*People use laws to make society better
* Prohibiting : boxing, cigarettes, tobacco,
alcohol, birth control, horse racing,
gambling
* Temperance movement - out law alcohol
- Corruption and lack of Regulation:
* Texan legislature wages dropped from $5
to $2
* Push for wage regulation
* Congressmen and politicians find more
ways to put more money in their pockets;
including stealing form government
* Moral purity movement leads to selling
out lawed products on the black market