PROGRESSIVE ERAA time of change

4 goals of progressives

1: Protecting social welfare YMCA (young men’s Christian association) Salvation army Better working conditions

2: Promoting Moral Improvement Prohibition WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union)

Goals cont.

3: Creating Economic Reform Muckrakers- journalists for reform Trust-busting In some extreme cases socialism (Debbs)

4: Fostering Efficiency Taylorism—scientific management –break

down to simple tasks Assembly lines Fordism- 5 dollars a day helps economy

Reforming Government

Natural disasters reform government

Mayors- public utilities like gas, electricity and open forums for citizens -Tom Johnson of Cleveland

Governor reforms- Robert La. Follette “fighting bob” work on

railroad

Children

Child Labor pg. 311 is it fair?

Reforming Elections

Initiative- public placed bill on election

Referendum- a vote on an initiative

Recall- if you do not like the politician you can vote to kick them out

Women want change

Women could go to college but are still expected to fulfill traditional roles

Suffrage movement led by Susan B Anthony Three part strategy

Petitioned congress for voting rights Court cases to test the system of 14th

amendment Pushed for an amendment (19th in 1920)

Teddy Roosevelt

The key for the progressive reform came from President Theodore Roosevelt

Life: Suffered from Asthma From a wealthy family in New York Teddy Bear Rough Riders He was never really expected to be a

president after McKinley

Teddy Makes Changes

The effect of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair “there would be meat that had tumbled out on

the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumption germs. There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; . . And thousands of rats would race about on it. . . A man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them; they would die, and then rats, bread, and meat would go into the hoppers together”

The Bully Pulpit

Teddy felt that the presidential office should be used as a bully pulpit where he would be able to influence media to make changes

Wanted to offer each American a square deal

Trustbusting: Using the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1902 Teddy set out to expand the role of president and break up monopolies

Teddy Intervenes

Northern Securities Company is sued by government for violating Sherman Anti-Trust Act and loses. Is forced to break up control of the Railroad

Coal Strike of 1902- Brings them to the White House and demands a stop. Compromises

Teddy wrestles with Health

Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Grades of meat and inspection before

consumption

Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 Before this act drugs claimed to cure cancer,

grow hair, and contained products like Cocaine, Alcohol, and Opium

Truth labels were placed on medications as a safety for the public

Teddy saves the Wilderness

Prior to Teddy most presidents allowed Americans to do what they willed with the environment. No replanting of trees, overgrazed prairie, mines

and factories dump waste etc.

Conservation: 148 million acres set aside as protected reserves Creates a US forest service to monitor

development of natural resources Used “experts” Compromise with naturalists

Teddy and civil rights

Failed to offer the same support to Africans that he gave to the environment and other movements.

Befriends Booker T. Washington

Makes an enemy of W. E. B. Du Bois Forms the NAACP to support equality

Taft Takes the Reigns

“Vote for Taft this time you can vote for Bryan anytime”

Won the election of 1908 after being handpicked by Teddy

Taft Slows things Down

Was not able to continue the progressive movement with the zeal of Teddy

Betrays his party with the Payne Aldrich Tariff which led to increased tariffs. This led to an increased

Gives away more than a million acres of land for public use

Bull Moose Party

Teddy returns from Africa in 1910 and decided to run for the presidency in 1912 .

Republicans fought over who should be their representatives so the Bull Moose Party is created

Split vote leads to the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson, the first Democrat in 18 years.

Becoming a Muckraker

Now is your chance to become a muckraker.

Although many progressive reforms have been put in place and made laws to protect our rights there are many injustices in the world today. If you were a writer and needed to send the president a message about one reform needed today what would it be.

Write the intro paragraph to an essay that would persuade the president to pass your particular reform over any other.