Progressive Era Reform II

1. Progressive Era Reform II • Prohibition • Workers in the Progressive Era • Adjusting to Industrial Labor • Union Organizing and Radical Labor • City and State Reform • Federal Government Reform

3. Women’s Christian Temperance Union

4. Coney Island

5. Coney Island

6. Prohibition • The Volstead Act: 18th Amendment ratified and went into effect 1919. • Prohibited the sale and possession of alcoholic beverages.

7. Scientific Management • Taylorism: Named after Frederick Taylor • Time/motion studies: Ways to make the modern industrial worker more effective.

8. Organized Labor in Progressive Era

9. Organized Labor in Progressive Era • American Federation of Labor still the dominant labor union

10. Organized Labor in Progressive Era • American Federation of Labor still the dominant labor union • Lost power due to counterattack by industrialists

11. Organized Labor in Progressive Era • American Federation of Labor still the dominant labor union • Lost power due to counterattack by industrialists • National Association of Manufacturers

12. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire • Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district

13. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire • Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district • Led to Strike by ILGWU and WTUL

14. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire • Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district • Led to Strike by ILGWU and WTUL • Fire broke out in Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in Manhattan- fire escape doors were chained shut!

15. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire • Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district • Led to Strike by ILGWU and WTUL • Fire broke out in Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in Manhattan- fire escape doors were chained shut! • More than 140 young women died.

16. Triangle Headline

17. Triangle Fire

18. Dead victims

20. “Radical” Labor

21. “Radical” Labor • International Workers of the World - IWW

22. “Radical” Labor • International Workers of the World - IWW • Welcomed all workers

23. “Radical” Labor • International Workers of the World - IWW • Welcomed all workers • Leaders: Daniel de Leon; Eugene Debs; Mother Jones; Bill Heywood

24. “Radical” Labor • International Workers of the World - IWW • Welcomed all workers • Leaders: Daniel de Leon; Eugene Debs; Mother Jones; Bill Heywood • Purpose: To emancipate the worker from the bonds of capitalism

25. Progressive City Reform

26. Progressive City Reform • City Manager Form of government: mangement by a council of experts

27. Progressive City Reform • City Manager Form of government: management by a council of experts • Regulation of public utilities

28. Progressive City Reform • City Manager Form of government: mangement by a council of experts • Regulation of public utilities • “City Beautiful” campaigns

29. Penn Station

30. State Reform • Making Government more “democratic”

31. State Reform • Making Government more “democratic” • Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot

32. State Reform • Making Government more “democratic” • Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot • Referendum: Letting voters vote on new laws

33. State Reform • Making Government more “democratic” • Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot • Referendum: Letting voters vote on new laws • Recall: Special election to vote official out of office

34. State Reform • Making Government more “democratic” • Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot • Referendum: Letting voters vote on new laws • Recall: Special election to vote official out of office • Direct Primary: Let party voters choose the party candidate for office.

35. Federal Government Reform • Primary elections

36. Federal Government Reform • Primary elections • Direct Election of Senators

37. Federal Government Reform • Primary elections • Direct Election of Senators • 17th Amendment ratified and took effect 1913