Yesterdays News Partner up with your shoulder buddy

Yesterday’s News Partner up with your shoulder buddy and discuss what you learned Monday and discuss the major concepts/ideas that you learned. You may refer to your notes.

Today in History 1792 February 20 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington 1962 – Mercury astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth making three orbits in 4 hours and 55 minutes

Populists vs. Progressives Populists Farmers (Common man) Poor, Uneducated Put gov. in control of big businesses Progressives Middle – Upper Class 17 th Amendment Fair Labor Practices Social Welfare Well Educated Break up monopolies Gov. regulate businesses

Cartoon Analysis With your shoulder buddy, analyze the cartoon and fill out the Cartoon Analysis Worksheet Be prepared to discuss your findings with the class

Women’s Movement Pre Civil War: women took care of the home and children. By the late 19 th century, poorer women began working outside the home to provide for the family. Begin to take on more responsibility

Susan B. Anthony Great leader of the women’s rights movement. Promoting women’s suffrage

Women in Industry Better paying jobs were available in towns and cities Many worked in manufacturing, offices, stores, and classrooms. These jobs required a high school education Long hours with low wages

Domestic Workers Many women were servants including African Americans and immigrants. Helping with house chores

Self Improvement Many women began receiving a high school education and pursuing a college degree. Less marriages and more social independence Many women began to write their state legislatures to provide women with the right to vote.

Climbing the Social Ladder Challenged the 14 th Amendment “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ”

National Association of Colored Women (1896): Wanted African American women’s suffrage Challenged the 15 th Amendment “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. ”

Theodore Roosevelt Became president in 1901 after the assassination of William Mc. Kinley. Stated the people would receive a Square Deal which would lead to many progressive reforms. Believed America required a strong president

Theodore Roosevelt Wanted to get rid of the trusts to increase healthy competition among businesses Wanted to restore fair business practices that would benefit the people.

Coal Miner Strike Pennsylvania workers were upset due to the poor working conditions and went on strike Roosevelt became a mediator to help resolve the conflict Workers got a 10% pay increase and a nine hour work day. They could not strike for the next three years Reintroduces the idea that the federal government should intervene when there was a threat to social welfare

Upton Sinclair Wrote The Jungle to show the malpractices involved in the meatpacking industry 1906 – Roosevelt produced the Meat Inspection Act which required strict cleanliness for meat packers.

Pure Food and Drug Act Companies would lie about what their products could do Stopped the sale of contaminated food and medicines and called for truth labeling Supported the belief that people should be given accurate information about their products.

Conservation Some areas would be preserved while others would be developed for the common good. Lumber companies were exploiting many resources without concern for the effects on the environment. Cities dumped untreated sewage and industrial waste into rivers, poisoning the water supply

Civil Rights Roosevelt failed to support civil rights for African Americans. Met with Booker T. Washington who was the leader of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.

W. E. B. Du Bois 1909: founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wanted full equality for African Americans Progressive movement did little to advance the civil rights of African Americans