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Chapter 7: The Progressive Era 1900 -1920

Chapter 7: The Progressive Era 1900 -1920

You could be in any party and still be a Progressive. They wanted to

You could be in any party and still be a Progressive. They wanted to fix: • Unregulated industrialization • Unplanned urbanization • Unrelenting immigration • Social instability • Economic injustice • Political corruption

The Muckrakers • Muckrakers were named by TR because they could only look down

The Muckrakers • Muckrakers were named by TR because they could only look down at the problems of society • The muckrakers saw their primary objective as exposing social problems to the public.

Features of Progressivism: • Democracy – the direct primary, initiative, referendum, recall, & the

Features of Progressivism: • Democracy – the direct primary, initiative, referendum, recall, & the 17 th amendment • Efficiency – scientific government, commission system, city-manager plan • Regulation – restore the competition of small firms • Social Justice – private charities like Settlement Houses, labor legislation for children, and women • Prohibition – amendment sent to the states in 1917 Robert M. La Follette

Triangle Shirtwaist Company Disaster in 1911

Triangle Shirtwaist Company Disaster in 1911

Teddy Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” • He called for enforcement of exiting anti-trust laws •

Teddy Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” • He called for enforcement of exiting anti-trust laws • During the 1902 Coal Strike TR won support for his use of the “big stick” against business • By taking these actions TR expanded Federal power

Teddy Roosevelt’s Own Term The Hepburn Act – authorized the ICC to set maximum

Teddy Roosevelt’s Own Term The Hepburn Act – authorized the ICC to set maximum rates for railroads

TR signed The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act (b/c

TR signed The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act (b/c of the novel the Jungle) Upton Sinclair author of the Jungle

Teddy Roosevelt and Conservation TR was an ardent conservationist and sportsman Environmental Conservation with

Teddy Roosevelt and Conservation TR was an ardent conservationist and sportsman Environmental Conservation with his friend George Bird Grinnell who the Audubon Society

The 1908 Presidential Race Vs. The Democrats once again nominate William Jennings Bryan TR’s

The 1908 Presidential Race Vs. The Democrats once again nominate William Jennings Bryan TR’s hand picked successor was Republican William Howard Taft

Taft as President • Domestic Policies i. e. the Tariff and Department of Interior

Taft as President • Domestic Policies i. e. the Tariff and Department of Interior • Conservation • Anti-Trust suit against United States Steel • 16 th and 17 th Amendments

The Presidential Election of 1912 William Howard Taft Nominated by the Republicans 2, 500,

The Presidential Election of 1912 William Howard Taft Nominated by the Republicans 2, 500, 000 votes 8 Electoral Votes Eugene V. Debs Socialist Socialismadvocates State ownership of business Anti-Capitalism 900, 000 votes Woodrow Wilson Democrat 6, 300, 000 votes 435 Electoral Votes Theodore Roosevelt Split the Republican Party and started a Progressive Party “The Bull Moose Party” 4, 100, 000 votes 88 Electoral Votes

Wilson’s 1 st Term as President • The Tariff • Wilson appointed William Jennings

Wilson’s 1 st Term as President • The Tariff • Wilson appointed William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state • The Federal Reserve Act • The Federal Highways Act • No Woman’s Suffrage • Allowed Racism in Gov. • No support for Anti. Child Labor laws • No Support for Farmers

The Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve

The Federal Highway Act • Passed in 1916 • This also marked a sharp

The Federal Highway Act • Passed in 1916 • This also marked a sharp turn from Jacksonian opposition to internal improvements at federal expense • This would help the farmers with their new automobiles

Limits of Progressivism • At the same time of progressivism blacks were losing their

Limits of Progressivism • At the same time of progressivism blacks were losing their rights • Progressivism was mainly for the middleclass not the poor • Voter turn out would see a steady decline • When the U. S. entered World War I in 1917 the Progressive Era would end

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