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Political Reform
• Political Machines– Run by party bosses
• Ex: “Boss Tweed” and Tammany Hall, NYC
Political Machines
• NegativesWhat is bad about them?
• PositivesWhat is good about them?
• Tammany hall lives on….
Political Reforms
• ________________ ballot
• Direct ___________
• Political ____________ instead of caucus
• Recall, Initiative, Referendum
California
• Hiram Johnson– Governor – US Senator
California
• Progressive successes– Limits power of Southern pacific Railroad– Referendum, initiative, recall– Women’s suffrage 1911– Accounting reforms– Workmen’s Compensation laws– Parks
California
• Progressive reforms and failures– Vice laws– Hetch-Hetchy– Temperance– Alien Land Act– Failure to provide relief for labor
• violence
African-Americans
• Accomodation • Activism
National Progressive Politics
• Issues– The Trusts– Protecting Workers and consumers– The Environment– The Banks– Taxes and Tariffs– Political Corruption– Temperance– Women’s Suffrage
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