William Tweed Became a member of the U.S. house Of
representatives. From New York Continually found ways to be apart
of major committees. Continued to trade elections for jobs he could
acquire for others.
Slide 3
La Follette and the democratic library Lafollette: A republican
governor who attacked the current style of party politics. Direct
Primary: All party members could vote for a candidate to run in a
general election. Initiative : allowed a group of citizens to
introduce legislation and required legislature to vote on it.
Recall: Provided voters an option to demand a special election to
remove an elected official.
Slide 4
In Class Grab a book and read pages 528-530 Char out the
problems and solutions during the period Pay close attention to the
square deal and Upton Sinclair.
Slide 5
Square Deal As Roosevelt entered the Presidency he declared
that the people would receive a square deal. Roosevelt would give
all those equal opportunity. Roosevelt would support unions but not
to the detriment of business.
Slide 6
Trust Busting Roosevelt filed a law suit against Northern
Securities. (J.P. Morgans trust) using the Sherman anti trust act.
The first government victory over trusts.
Slide 7
Coal Strike After a group of cola miners saw their wages cut
they went on strike. The United miner workers joined them shutting
down much of the mines in the country. The strike endangered many
as winter came upon the country. Roosevelt had the strike broken
up.
Slide 8
The Sinclair contribution
Slide 9
The Jungle In 1904 Sinclair spent seven weeks in disguise,
working undercover in Chicago's meatpacking plants to research his
fictional expos, The Jungle. When it appeared in 1906, it became a
bestseller.
Slide 10
Teddy Roosevelt There was an overwhelming response to Sinclairs
book Many were disgusted, some protested, and some became
vegetarians Roosevelt read the book at the time and shared many of
these beliefs. Congress would passed both the meat inspection and
Pure Food and Drug Act.
Slide 11
Conservation Roosevelt pushed for leaving resources to those
who would follow. Created the national parks. He did so with
assistance from Gifford Pinchot
Slide 12
William Howard Taft Taft Successfully began breaking up more
trusts that Theodore Roosevelt. At the same time there were two
events that caused controversy and lead to people question Tafts
progressive ties. The first event was Tafts firing of Gifford
Pinchot
Slide 13
Tariff
Slide 14
Election of Roosevlet failed to capture the Republican
nomination from Taft. Roosevelt returned becoming the nominee to
the progressive party, known as the bull moose party. Taft ran on
the Republican party Wilson ran for the democratic party. Roosevelt
and Taft kept each other so busy that Wilson was able to win the
election.
Slide 15
Womens rights
Slide 16
In class Turn to pages 524 and 525 Define suffrage Heat sort of
problems does the early suffrage movement face. What did Susan B.
Anthony do and why was it important? What did Alice Paul add to the
suffrage movement Who is Carrie Chapman and what is her importance
to the suffrage movement.
Slide 17
In class Read through the speech you are given and answer the
following questions Who is the your speaker addressing? What is the
speaker asking her audience to do? What sort of references does the
speaker make? Is the speech actually empowering based on the words
used? Why or why not?