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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 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 • Ways of making officials change their minds
Kickbacks • Overbidding a contract and giving the extra money to the Political Boss
Boss. William M. Tweed • Headed New York City’s Democratic political machine
Tweed Ring • Controlled Police, Courts, and Newspapers
The Spoils System = Patronage • Giving your friends jobs if they help you get elected
Civil Service • All non elected government workers
Pendleton Act • Established the Civil Service Commission
Chain of Events • C. A. Arthur • Pendleton Act • Civil Service Commission • Take test to get a Job
Trusts • Small companies that had gotten too big
Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Stopped companies from becoming a monopoly
Oligopoly • When a few companies control all the prices in the industry
Interstate Commerce Act • Made railroads charge fair prices • What Commission did they start
Interstate Commerce Commission • Supervised the railroad companies, and soon, the trucking industry too
Tariffs • Fees added to imported goods
Eugene V. Debbs • Wanted a socialist form of government
Lincoln Steffens • Reporter for McClure’s Magazine
Upton Sinclair • Wrote “The Jungle”, a book about the Meat Packing Industry
Meat Inspection Act • Was a result of Sinclair’s book
Primary • Allowed the states voters to vote directly for the candidate they wanted
Initiative • Allowed citizens to put issues on the ballot so people could vote on them
Referendum • Gives voters the choice to reject what elected officials try to do in office
Recall • Allows voters to remove bad elected officials from office • Why would we need this option?
17th Amendment • Provides the direct election of senators
What 5 Changes were made in the Government • P – Primary • I – Initiative • R – Recall • R – Referendum • D.E. – Direct Election of Senators – 17th Amendment
Chapter 21 • Section 2 – Women and Progressives
Mother Cabrini • An Italian Nun who came to work with the poor
Suffrage • The right to vote • Why aren’t there any women in this line?
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association
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
Woodrow Wilson Wilson fought against Women’s Suffrage
Anna Howard Shaw, and Mary Chapman Catt Formed the National American Women Suffrage Association
What is the 19th Amendment? • Gave women the right to vote
WCTU and the Anti-Saloon League • Woman’s Christian Temperance Union • Wanted men to stop drinking alcohol
The 18th Amendment • The Prohibition Law • Prohibited anyone from having any alcohol in any form
Was outlawing liquor a good idea? • Why? • Why Not?
Did you know....... • When liquor was outlawed, Organized Crime began making money off the sale of illegal liquor
Chapter 21 • Section 3 – Progressive Presidents
William McKinley • Assassinated less than a year after being elected President
Theodore Roosevelt • Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate in 1900 • Was elected for two terms • How long is term?