Progressive Era
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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.