President Theodore Roosevelt delivering a speech.
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The nation faces social and political problems at the turn of the 20th century.People work in various ways to solve these problems.
The Progressive Era, 1890–1920
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Roosevelt and Progressivism
Taft and Wilson as Progressives
Women Win New Rights
The Progressive Era, 1890–1920
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Reformers try to solve the problems of the cities. They gain a champion inTheodore Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt and Progressivism
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The Rise of Progressivism
Roosevelt and Progressivism
• Rapid growth of U.S. cities brings manyproblems, including:- poverty- spread of slums- poor conditions in factories
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• Reform movements organize, believe in goodness of people, democracy
• Reform movements come to be grouped under the label progressivism.
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• Writers called muckrakers expose corruption, create demand for reform
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• Progressive reformers share at least 1 of 3basic goals:- reform government, expand democracy- promote social welfare- create economic reform
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Reforming Government andExpanding Democracy
• Patronage—elected officials give jobs, contracts for political support
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• Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883):- requires people to take civil service exam for certain government jobs- stops officials from firing civil service workers for political reasons
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• Wisconsin becomes first state to establish a direct primary
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• Direct primary—voters not party choose candidates
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• Newspaper editor William S. U’Ren promotes 3 more reforms:- initiative—allows voters to propose a law directly- referendum—proposed law is submitted to vote of the people- recall—allows people to vote an official out of office
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Promoting Social Welfare• Movements deal with poverty, unemployment, bad
working conditions
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• Jane Addams helps poor at Hull House, helps unemployed
• Florence Kelley pushes for minimum wage laws, limits on working hours
• Prohibitionists work to prevent alcohol from ruining people’s lives
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Creating Economic Reform
• Economic reform limits, regulates big business
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• Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890:- illegal for corporations to use trusts to gain
control of industries- government does not enforce law at first
• Enforcement requires a strong president
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Roosevelt and the Square Deal
• Theodore Roosevelt—1st progressiveU.S. president
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• Runs on Republican ticket, President McKinley’s vice president (1900)
• After inauguration, McKinley killed, Roosevelt becomes president
• Sees government as an umpire:- ensure fairness, “square deal” for workers,
consumers, big business
• Uses Sherman Antitrust Act to bust up railroad trust, Standard Oil
• U.S. government files suit against 44 corporations
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Roosevelt Leads Progressive Reforms
• Voters pressure senators, representatives to pass reforms
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• Roosevelt signs Meat Inspection Act (1906):- creates government meat inspection program• Signs Pure Food and Drug Act:- bans the sale of impure foods and medicines• Does not take political risk by leading fight for civil rights
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Conservation• Roosevelt, a strong crusader for conservation
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• Conservation—controlling the use of America’s natural resources
• Sets up 1st wildlife refuge, doubles number of U.S. national parks
• Uses Antiquities Act to preserve the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest
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Progressive reforms continue under William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson.
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Taft and Wilson as Progressives
Taft and Wilson as Progressives
• Republican William Howard Taft wins presidential election (1908)
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• Continues Roosevelt’s attack on trusts, addresses progressive goals:- democracy, social welfare, economic reform• Receives less credit because of alliance with conservative Republicans
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Taft and Progressivism
Two Progressive Amendments• Sixteenth Amendment (1909):
- gives Congress power to create income taxes- spreads cost of running government among
more people
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• Seventeenth Amendment (1913):- provides direct election of U.S. senators by voters in each state- senators no longer can obtain positions through
corrupt bargains
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The Election of 1912• Conservative Republicans back President Taft, wins
party’s nomination
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• Progressive Republicans back Theodore Roosevelt, form Bull Moose Party
• Democrats choose Governor Woodrow Wilson as presidential candidate
• Eugene Debs enters presidential race asSocialist candidate
• Republicans deeply divided, Wilson winsthe election
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The Wilson Presidency
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• Clayton Antitrust Act (1914):- sets rules forbidding business practices that
lessen competition- gives government more power to regulate trusts- allows labor unions, farm organizations to
merge, expand- limits power of courts to force workers to
end strikes- legalizes labor tactics like strikes,
picketing, boycotts
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• Federal Reserve Act (1913):- improves nation’s monetary, banking system- allows banks to control money supplies
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• Wilson approves segregation of black, whitefederal employees
• Does not promote civil rights for African Americans
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The Eighteenth Amendment
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• Supporters of prohibition gain strength during Wilson’s presidency
• Congress passes 18th Amendment (1917):- prohibits manufacture, sale of
alcoholic beverages
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Women Win New RightsWomen become leaders in social reform movements and win the right to voteduring the Progressive Era.
New Roles for Women
Women Win New Rights
• Technological advances reduce work at home, families get smaller
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• Schools offer courses that teach women latest homemaking methods
• More women take jobs in factories, offices, stores• Some get college education, pursue professions
like nursing, teaching
• If financially possible, women expected to quit jobs when they marry
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Women Progressives• Partake in social reform movements that
help others
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• Jane Addams starts Hull House, helps immigrants, unemployed find jobs
• Hull House provides day nurseries, training for public services
• Carry Nation campaigns for prohibition, helps passage 18th Amendment
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Suffrage for Women
• 2 woman suffrage groups merge
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• Form National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton is 1st president• Susan B. Anthony becomes group’s
president (1892)• NAWSA focuses on state campaigns to win right
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The Nineteenth Amendment• Tide turns in favor of woman suffrage, U.S. enters
WW I (1917)
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• Carrie Chapman Catt president of NAWSA
• President Wilson urges Senate to pass woman suffrage amendment
• U.S. states ratify Nineteenth Amendment (1920):- gives women full voting rights
• Catt argues U.S. cannot deny vote to women who support war effort
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