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Chapter 21

Chapter 21. The Progressive Movement 1877-1920 Remember To Number Your Notes. Political Machines. Powerful organizations linked to political parties. Wards. Areas that were controlled by a Political Boss. The Political Boss. Whoever ran the political machine in that Ward. Bribes.

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Chapter 21

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  1. Chapter 21 The Progressive Movement 1877-1920 Remember To Number Your Notes

  2. Political Machines • Powerful organizations linked to political parties

  3. Wards • Areas that were controlled by a Political Boss

  4. The Political Boss • Whoever ran the political machine in that Ward

  5. Bribes • Ways of making officials change their minds

  6. Kickbacks • Overbidding a contract and giving the extra money to the Political Boss

  7. Boss. William M. Tweed • Headed New York City’s Democratic political machine

  8. Tweed Ring • Controlled Police, Courts, and Newspapers

  9. Galveston Texas, after the tidal wave of 1900.

  10. Cleveland Mayor, Tom Johnson

  11. The Spoils System = Patronage • Giving your friends jobs if they help you get elected

  12. Rutherford B. Hayes and James Garfield

  13. Civil Service • All non elected government workers

  14. Pendleton Act • Established the Civil Service Commission

  15. Chain of Events • C. A. Arthur • Pendleton Act • Civil Service Commission • Take test to get a Job

  16. Trusts • Small companies that had gotten too big

  17. Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Stopped companies from becoming a monopoly

  18. Oligopoly • When a few companies control all the prices in the industry

  19. Interstate Commerce Act • Made railroads charge fair prices • What Commission did they start

  20. Interstate Commerce Commission • Supervised the railroad companies, and soon, the trucking industry too

  21. Tariffs • Fees added to imported goods

  22. Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland

  23. Eugene V. Debbs • Wanted a socialist form of government

  24. Lincoln Steffens • Reporter for McClure’s Magazine

  25. Upton Sinclair • Wrote “The Jungle”, a book about the Meat Packing Industry

  26. Meat Inspection Act • Was a result of Sinclair’s book

  27. Primary • Allowed the states voters to vote directly for the candidate they wanted

  28. Initiative • Allowed citizens to put issues on the ballot so people could vote on them

  29. Referendum • Gives voters the choice to reject what elected officials try to do in office

  30. Recall • Allows voters to remove bad elected officials from office • Why would we need this option?

  31. 17th Amendment • Provides the direct election of senators

  32. What 5 Changes were made in the Government • P – Primary • I – Initiative • R – Recall • R – Referendum • D.E. – Direct Election of Senators – 17th Amendment

  33. Chapter 21 • Section 2 – Women and Progressives

  34. Mother Cabrini • An Italian Nun who came to work with the poor

  35. Suffrage • The right to vote • Why aren’t there any women in this line?

  36. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association

  37. Why was women’s suffrage un-popular? • If women are working, who’s gonna cook and clean the house. • If we give them the right to vote… they’ll think they’re as good as men

  38. What state gave women the right to vote first? • Wyoming

  39. Woodrow Wilson Wilson fought against Women’s Suffrage

  40. Anna Howard Shaw, and Mary Chapman Catt Formed the National American Women Suffrage Association

  41. What is the 19th Amendment? • Gave women the right to vote

  42. WCTU and the Anti-Saloon League • Woman’s Christian Temperance Union • Wanted men to stop drinking alcohol

  43. The 18th Amendment • The Prohibition Law • Prohibited anyone from having any alcohol in any form

  44. Here come the Moonshiners

  45. Was outlawing liquor a good idea? • Why? • Why Not?

  46. Did you know....... • When liquor was outlawed, Organized Crime began making money off the sale of illegal liquor

  47. Chapter 21 • Section 3 – Progressive Presidents

  48. William McKinley • Assassinated less than a year after being elected President

  49. Theodore Roosevelt • Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate in 1900 • Was elected for two terms • How long is term?

  50. Northern Securities Company

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