40explain the principle of checks and balances as it relates to the power of the president. provide one example to support you explanation.

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.

new england colonies endured bitterly cold winters and mild summers

the colonists made their living fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding. the fish included cod, mackerel, herring, halibut, hake, bass and sturgeon.