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Chapter 29

Chapter 29. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt. Progressive Roots. Jacob A Riis—wrote How the Other Half Lives Showed dirt, disease, & misery in NYC slums. Home of Italian Ragpicker. Muckrakers. Ida M. Tarbell Journalist who exposed Standard Oil

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Chapter 29

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  1. Chapter 29 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

  2. Progressive Roots • Jacob A Riis—wrote How the Other HalfLives • Showed dirt, disease, & misery in NYC slums

  3. Home of Italian Ragpicker

  4. Muckrakers • Ida M. Tarbell • Journalist who exposed Standard Oil • Assailed the practices of life insurance companies, tariff lobbies, & railroad barons • David G. Phillips– “The Treason of the Senate” • 75 out of 90 Senators represented railroad barons

  5. …. • Abuses of child labor • 90% of all African Americans were illiterate

  6. Political Progressivism • Progressives were mainly middle class • Wanted direct primary elections • Wanted initiatives so people could propose legislation • States passed limits on campaign contributions • 17th AMENDMENT –DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS

  7. … • Women’s suffrage---becoming a bigger issue

  8. Progressivism • Robert M. LaFollette— • Governor of Wisconsin • Almost militant progressive leader • Took control from crooked corporations & gave it back to people

  9. Progressive Women • Became active in settlement houses • Children’s Bureau • Women’s Bureau • Became Department of Labor • Florence Kelley—1st Illinois factory inspector • Muller vs. Oregon—protected women workers because of weaker bodies

  10. …. • Lochner vs. New York— case invalidated 10 hour work day • 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire—BAD—146 people killed—doors locked—bad conditions

  11. Building

  12. Pavement Broken by Falling Bodies

  13. After Identifying a Body

  14. Ruins

  15. Effects • In 1917 30 states started providing insurance to workers injured in industrial accidents

  16. 18th AMENDMENT • 1919—18TH AMENDMENT– STOPPED THE SELL OF ALCOHOL

  17. TR’s Square Deal • 3 C’s • Control of corporations • Consumer protection • Conservation of natural resources • Coal miners strike in PA— • TR used big stick—threatened to seize control of mine • Compromise—10% pay increase & 9 hr work day

  18. TR Corrals the Corporations • Interstate Commerce Commission -1887-not working well • Roosevelt the “Trust Buster”—wanted to stop monopolies on key products • Taft busted more trusts than TR

  19. Caring for the Consumer • The Jungle— showed terrible conditions in packing houses • Wanted to focus on workers—instead focused on unsanitary food products • Meat Inspection Act of 1906 • Pure Food and Drug Act 1906

  20. Earth Control • Set aside 125 million acres of land in federal reserves • Wanted to use the land intelligently • Not abuse • No romantic preservation either

  21. Rough Rider Thunders Out • Choose Taft as successor • Democrats William Jennings Bryan • Socialists Eugene V. Debs

  22. TR’s Legacy • Enlarged power & prestige of presidency • Helped shaped progressive movement • Grandfather of the New Deal • Showed US they shared the world with other nations

  23. Taft • Not as dashing as TR • Mild progressive

  24. Dollar Goes Abroad • Many revolutions in Caribbean • US puts $$$ in Honduras & Haiti to keep foreign funds out • Problems in Nicaragua

  25. Taft the Trustbuster • Busted more trust than TR • Supreme Court ordered the breakup up of Standard Oil

  26. Republican Party Splits • Taft as big a conservations as TR • TR decided to run for a 3rd term

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