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OTHER PROGRESSIVES

OTHER PROGRESSIVES. W.E.B.DUBOIS-FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GRADUATE FROM HARVARD WITH A PHD. HE HELPED DEVELOPED THE NAACP. . NAACP WAS A PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST .

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OTHER PROGRESSIVES

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  1. OTHER PROGRESSIVES • W.E.B.DUBOIS-FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GRADUATE FROM HARVARD WITH A PHD. • HE HELPED DEVELOPED THE NAACP. • NAACP WAS A PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST . • NAACP PROVIDED LEGAL HELP FOR PEOPLE ARRESTED ON QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE. • INVESTIGATED RACE RIOTS

  2. OTHER PROGRESSIVES • ROBERT La FOLLETTE- PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN. • HE CREATED THE WISCONSIN PLAN STARTING IN 1901. THE WISCONSIN PLAN WAS A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE LAWS, VOTING CHANGES, CONTROLLING BIG BUSINESS, AND ADDRESSED DISCRIMINATION IN THE U.S.

  3. WISCONSIN PLAN • WISCONSIN’S PROGRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS • WISCONSIN WAS A LEADER IN CONTROLLING BIG BUSINESS (ESPECIALLY RAILROADS). 2. ALLOWED WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE BEFORE THE 19TH AMENDMENT 3. ONE OF THE FIRST STATES TO USE THE PRIMARY ELECTION. 4. ALLOWED WOMEN THE RIGHT TO PRACTIVE LAW & MEDICINE. 5. RIGHT FOR UNIONS TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN. 6. CREATED CHILD LABOR LAWS.

  4. ASSASSINATION OF A PRESIDENT WILLIAM McKINLEY WAS SHOT ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1901. HE WAS SHOT IN BUFFALO N.Y. HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1901.

  5. ASSASSINATION OF A PRESIDENT • WILLIAM McKINLEY WAS ASSASSINATED BY LEON CZOLGOSZ. • HE WAS INDICTED ON SEPTEMBER 16 1901 & CONVICTED ON SEPTEMBER 24 1901. • EXECUTED ON OCTOBER 29 1901,

  6. TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECOMES THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. • BECAME THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY IN 1901. • HE WAS 42 YEARS OF AGE. • HE DEVELOPED THE SQUARE DEAL. THE TERM WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS PROGRESSIVE REFORMS SPONSORED BY THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION.

  7. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROOSEVELT • RAILROAD REGULATION • TRUSTBUSTING- NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY VS THE UNITED STATES- SUCCESSFUL IN BREAKING THIS RAILROAD MONOPOLY. • RAILROAD REGULATION • PASSED THE ELKINS ACT IN 1903 & THE HEPBURN ACT IN 1906. • ELKINS ACT -RAILROADS COULD NOT GIVE REBATES TO LARGE SHIPPERS. • HEPBURN ACT- STRICTLY LIMITED BRIBERY OF LARGE COMPANIES TO RAILROADS

  8. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROOSEVELT • HEALTH REGULATION • PASSED THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT IN 1906. • THIS WAS A RESULT OF READING THE JUNGLE. • HEALTH REGULATION • PASSED THE PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT IN 1906- • THIS FORBADE THE USE OF HARMFUL ADDITIVES IN FOOD AND FALSE ADVETISEMENTS OF DRUGS.

  9. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROOSEVELT • CONSERVATION MEASURES- SOME WILDERNESS AREAS WOULD BE PRESERVED, & OTHERS WOULD BE DEVELOPED FOR THE COMMON GOOD. • OTHER CONSERVATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS. • SET ASIDE 148 MILLION ACRES OF FOREST RESERVES. • SET ASIDE 1.5 MILLION ACRES OF WATER- POWER SITES. • 80 MILLION ACRES OF LAND THAT EXPERTS COULD EXPLORE MINERAL AND WATER RESOURSES. • ESTABLISHED 50 WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND SEVERAL NATIONAL PARKS

  10. PARKS & CONSERVATION • 150 National Forests • 51 Federal Bird Reservations4 National Game Preserves5 National Parks • 18 National Monuments • 24 Reclaimation Projects • 7 Conservation Conferences and Commissions

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