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Chapter 10 PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS

Chapter 10 PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS. Section 1: Reforming Government Section 2: Roosevelt and the Square Deal Section 3: Reform Under Taft Section 4: Wilson’s “New Freedom”. Section 1: Reforming Government. Objectives:.

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Chapter 10 PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS

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  1. Chapter 10PROGRESSIVE POLITICIANS Section 1: Reforming Government Section 2: Roosevelt and the Square Deal Section 3: Reform Under Taft Section 4: Wilson’s “New Freedom”

  2. Section 1: Reforming Government Objectives: • What reforms were enacted to make U.S. voting procedures more democratic? • How did reformers seek to improve city governments? • What were the goals of progressive state leaders?

  3. Section 1: Reforming Government Voting reforms • direct primary • Seventeenth Amendment (direct election of senators) • secret ballot • power of initiative • right to referendum • right of recall

  4. Section 1: Reforming Government Reforms of city government • improvement of police force • improvement of municipal services • labor reforms • hiring of city managers

  5. Section 1: Reforming Government Goals of progressive state leaders • direct primaries • increased taxes on railroads and public utilities • laws to curb lobbying • stricter controls on certain industries • labor reforms • improvement of social services

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