Transcript What were the goals of the Progressives and what were their accomplishments?

What were the goals of the Progressives and
what were their accomplishments?
Progressives = R-E-F-O-R-M
R. Rid problems created by industrialization
3 Goals* government controlled by people
* government regulation of economy
* eliminate social injustice
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E. Election and Political reform meant gov’t
controlled by the people
Local:
Commission and Council Manager
State:
Initiative (people propose law)
Referendum (vote on initiative)
Recall (election re-do, vote can take officials out of office)
Elections:
Primary Elections
Secret Ballot
17th Amendment (direct election of U.S. Senators)
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F. Filth and corruption in business exposed by
muckraking literature
Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle
Meat Inspection Act (1906)
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
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F. Filth and corruption in business exposed by
muckraking literature
Lincoln Steffens, Shame of the Cities
What future does Steffens see as working???
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F. Filth and corruption in business exposed by
muckraking literature
Ida Tarbell, History of Standard Oil
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O. Organizations (labor unions) continued to call
for better working conditions, pay, and security
American Federation of Labor (Samuel Gompers)
American Railway Union (Eugene Debs)
Workers
Management
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R. Reform makes it to the White House
Teddy Roosevelt- 1st Progressive President
(1901-1909)
Policy (“Square Deal”):
* Conservation
* “Trustbusting”
* “Steward” of public
TR views the
Presidency as a
“Bully Pulpit”
TR and Conservation
*established National Park Service
"There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the Yosemite,
the groves of the giant sequoias and redwoods, the Canyon of the Colorado, the
Canyon of the Yellowstone, the Three Tetons; and our people
should see to it that they are preserved for their children and their
children's children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred.“
Theodore Roosevelt
TR the “Trustbuster”
U.S. Supreme Court
dissolved the
Northern Securities Company
(monopoly of western railroads)
Jack and the
Wall Street Giants
TR the “Trustbuster”
What personal characteristics are
associated with TR?
TR “Steward of Public”
Anthracite Coal Strike (1902)United Mine Workers strike for higher wages,
8hr. day, and recognition of union. Owners
shut down mines, evicted strikers.
Who is credited with the “death” of the Coal Strike?
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R. Reform makes it to the White House
William Howard Taft
(1909-1913)-
Viewed as a less
aggressive reformer than
TR, yet just as successful
“trustbuster.”
TR frustrated with Taft’s
conservative policies
ran as a
3rd Party (“Bull Moose”)
Progressive candidate.
New Nationalism“The betterment we seek must
be accomplished mainly through
the National Government.”
TR
Republican vote split, resulting in Democratic victory in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
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R. Reform makes it to the White House
Woodrow Wilson (“New Freedom”)
(1913-1921)
“If America is not to have free enterprise
then she can have freedom of no sort
whatever.”
Wilson
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R. Reform makes it to the White House
Restore Competition (with “checks”):
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)- Expand Sherman Antitrust Act
outlaws price-fixing, exempts unions from Sherman Act
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)- “watch-dog” agency,
requires reports from corporations to regulate big business
Federal Reserve System- central banking system, basis for
modern “branch” banking system
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M. Mothers Too.
Middle Class women involved in the reforms (Prohibition).
Carrie Nation
Renewed call for women’s suffrage.
(Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony)
THINK:
How might Victorian ideas about
women help support the call
for women’s suffrage?
“City housekeeping has failed partly
because women, the traditional
housekeepers, have not been consulted.”
Jane Addams
Wyoming, 1st state to allow women vote (1869)
The Awakening, 1915
National Women’s Suffrage Association calls
for national amendment.
Pressure put on Wilson to support women’s suffrage.
What is the
message?
What role in the campaign
for women’s suffrage
can you attribute
to WWI?
(1920) 19th Amendment ratified, granting women right to vote