Transcript CHAPTER 19 PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS

HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Chapter 10
PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS
Section 1: Reforming Government
Section 2: Roosevelt and the Square Deal
Section 3: Reform Under Taft
Section 4: Wilson’s “New Freedom”
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The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 1: Reforming Government
Objectives:
 What reforms were enacted to make U.S. voting
procedures more democratic?
 How did reformers seek to improve city
governments?
 What were the goals of progressive state leaders?
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HOLT
The American Nation
IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 1: Reforming Government
Voting reforms
 direct primary
 Seventeenth Amendment (direct election of senators)
 secret ballot
 power of initiative
 right to referendum
 right of recall
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Section 1: Reforming Government
Reforms of city government
 improvement of police force
 improvement of municipal services
 labor reforms
 hiring of city managers
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IN THE MODERN ERA
Section 1: Reforming Government
Goals of progressive state leaders
 direct primaries
 increased taxes on railroads and public utilities
 laws to curb lobbying
 stricter controls on certain industries
 labor reforms
 improvement of social services
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