17.1 THE ORIGINS OF PROGRESSIVISM

OBJECTIVES:

1.Explain the four goals of progressivism

2.Summarize progressive efforts to clean up local government

3.Identify progressive efforts to clean up state government, protect workers, and reform elections.

4 Goals of Progressivism

1. PROTECT SOCIAL WELFARE YMCA, Social Gospel Florence Kelley (child welfare/labor reform)

2. PROMOTE MORAL IMPROVEMENT Prohibition WCTU, Frances Willard, Carry Nation

3. CREATE ECONOMIC REFORM Reject laissez-faire policies Embrace socialism and regulation of business muckrakers

4. FOSTERING EFFICIENCY Scientific management –Frederick Winslow Taylor Assembly lines, Ford Automobile Plant

7 MAIN ACTIONS OF PROGRESSIVE REFORMERS

#1 REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENT

#2 REFORM MAYORS

#3 REFORM GOVERNORS

#4 PROTECT WORKERS

# 5 EFFORTS TO LIMIT WORKING HOURS

# 6 REFORM ELECTIONS

#7 DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS

CLEAN UP GOVERNMENT

REFORMERS CLASH WITH POLITICALBOSSES AND POLITICAL MACHINES

#1 REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENT Cities begin appointing experts, such as city-

managers, not politicians to run cities. Ex: Galveston, Texas.

#2 REFORM MAYORS Progressive and Reform mayors begin winning

office, esp. Detroit and Cleveland.

#3 REFORM GOVERNORS Robert M. La Follette –famous progressive

governor of Wisconsin. Founded the Progressive Party.

PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

#4 PROTECT WORKERS Workmen’s Compensation Shirtwaist Fire (1911) –

catalyst for reform 1916: Keating-Owen

Act –Prohibited the sale of goods produced with child labor across state lines. Sadly, it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

By 1920 child labor is HALF what it had been in 1910.

# 5 EFFORTS TO LIMIT WORKING HOURS

Maximum hours

Minimum wage

Muller v. Oregon (1908) – Supreme Court recognized protection for women in workplace by limiting their hours

Bunting v. Oregon (1917) – Supreme Court recognized 10 hour work day for men.

# 6 REFORM ELECTIONS

Initiative

Referendum

Recall

Direct primaries

Secret Ballots

7. 17th Amendment

Clause 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

Clause 2. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

Clause 3. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

•Direct election of senators

•What was wrong with the process before?

TERMS

Progressive movement

Florence Kelley Prohibition Muckraker Scientific

management Robert M. La Follette Initiative Referendum Recall 17th Amendment

OBJECTIVES:1. Explain the four goals

of progressivism

2. Summarize progressive efforts to clean up local government

3. Identify progressive efforts to clean up state government, protect workers, and reform elections.

WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE

OBJECTIVES:1.Trace women’s growing presence in the turn-of-the-century workforce.2.Summarize women’s leadership in reform movements and the effort to achieve woman suffrage

Women in the Work Force

The cult of domesticity began to wear off during the Industrial Revolution

Many African American and immigrant women began to work◦ In 1870, roughly 70% of female jobs were as

servants

By 1900, women were working in factories, laundries and canneries.

As business expanded, women began to take “white collar” jobs◦ Teaching, stenographers, bookkeepers, typists etc.

Women Leadership in Reform

Women began to attend college in the late 19th century

Schools like Harvard and Columbia who did not allow women established colleges for women

NACW – National Association of Colored Women

Managed nurseries, reading rooms and kindergartens

Allowed African American women to have an impactful role in society

Right to vote Women fought for suffrage

Women fought for suffrage in 3 different approaches 1. State level (Wyoming 1869) 2. Pursued court cases to test 14th

Amendment 3. Push for a national amendment

Susan B. Anthony- was a leader in the women’s suffrage movement “Would sooner cut off my right hand than

ask the ballot for black man and not for women.” - S.B.A.

Women formed the NAWSA, National American Woman Suffrage Association

Through their efforts, they did not achieve suffrage but brought the issue to the public. The 19th Amendment was finally passed in 1919.

TERMS NACW

Suffrage

Susan B. Anthony

NAWSA

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace women’s growing presence in the turn-of-the-century workforce.

2. Summarize women’s leadership in reform movements and the effort to achieve woman suffrage

17.3 TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S SQUARE DEAL OBJECTIVE: Understand the reforms of Roosevelt’s Administration

Theodore Roosevelt

Governor of NY. Reformer. Hero of Spanish American War.

Nominated to be Vice-President by Republican party bosses. WHY??

1901 Pres. McKinley assassinated, TR becomes President.

Creates the “modern presidency” b/c of his popularity with the public and use of media/press.

Uses White House as a “bully pulpit” What did he do to turn it into a “bully pulpit”?

How did Roosevelt redefine Federal Power?

1. “Square Deal”

Roosevelt’s package of reforms

Expands the use of federal power to reform US

Why was it called the Square Deal?

2. Arbitrates the 1902 Coal Strike

What was happening in the coal mines?

Threatened to assume control of mines

HISTORICALSIGNIFICANCE:

Govt. did not automatically back big business

3. Trust Busting

Mixed record of success

Mixed message - considers some trusts good and other bad.

Focused on filing suits under Sherman Antitrust Act of 1902

Filed 44 antitrust lawsuits

4. Railroad regulation

Elkins Act of 1903 - illegal for railroads to give or receive rebates

Hepburn Act of 1906 - strictly limited the distribution of free railroad passes

These gave the Interstate Commerce Commission more power to curb the railroads power through federal regulation.

PROTECTING HEALTH

1906: Meat Inspection Act: Dictated strict

cleanliness for meat factories

(reaction to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle)

What did The Jungle say?

1906: Pure Food and Drug Act Halted the sale of

contaminated food and medicines and called for truth in labeling

Roosevelt and REFORM

CONSERVATION Created US Forest

Service

Creates over 50 national parks & wilderness areas

CIVIL RIGHTS

Ambiguous record dealing with Civil Rights

Hosted Booker T. Washington at White House,

Yet, did not embrace reforms of NAACP What was the goal

of the NAACP?

TERMS

Theodore Roosevelt Square Deal The Jungle Upton Sinclair Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug

Act Conservation NAACP

OBJECTIVE: Understand the reforms of Roosevelt’s Administration

PROGRESSIVISM UNDER TAFTObjectives:

1.Summarize the Taft Presidency

2.Trace the division of the Republican party

3.Describe the election of 1912

Taft’s Presidency• “Never felt like the President”

• Busted 90 trusts but never got the credit he deserved

• Payne-Aldrich Tariff ▫ Signed into law by Taft▫ Didn’t really lower tariffs like Progressives wanted to

Why were Progressives in favor of lowering tariffs?

• Public Land problems – Taft ended up selling many western lands to big business angering conservatives

Republican Party Splits Conservative Republicans and Progressive

Republicans split

Speaker of House Joseph Cannon often ignored Progressive bills

He was supported by Taft

Election of 1910 - the Democrats regain Congress in 1910 for first time in 18 years

Bull Moose Party• Angry at Taft’s lack of success,

Roosevelt ran for President again

• Created the Progressive Party which came to be known as the Bull Moose Party.

People boasted Teddy was strong as a “bull moose”

• Were in favor of Progressive reforms▫ Initiative, referendum, women’s

suffrage, minimum wage etc.

• Democrats selected Woodrow Wilson to represent them.

Election of 1912

• Taft and Roosevelt attacked each other during the campaign

• Taft – lenient on Big Business

• Roosevelt – govt. action to support big business, but didn’t oppose all of them

• Wilson – small business and free-market competition, ALL big business = EVIL

• Debs – end to capitalism

“Don’t interfere when your enemy is destroying himself”

TERMS

William Howard Taft

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Bull Moose Party

Woodrow Wilson

• Objectives:

1. Summarize the Taft Presidency

2. Trace the division of the Republican party

3. Describe the election of 1912