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PROGRESSIVISM

PROGRESSIVISM. 1900-1919. INFLUENCES. THIRD POLITICAL PARTIES POPULISTS SOCIALISTS NATIONAL WOMEN’S PARTY ORGANIZATIONS LABOR UNIONS UNIVERSITIES SETTLEMENT HOUSES MUCKRAKERS GOVERNMENT REFORMERS RELIGIOUS REFORMERS

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PROGRESSIVISM

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  1. PROGRESSIVISM 1900-1919

  2. INFLUENCES • THIRD POLITICAL PARTIES • POPULISTS • SOCIALISTS • NATIONAL WOMEN’S PARTY • ORGANIZATIONS • LABOR UNIONS • UNIVERSITIES • SETTLEMENT HOUSES • MUCKRAKERS • GOVERNMENT REFORMERS • RELIGIOUS REFORMERS • http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_071500_progressivis.htm

  3. IMPORTANT ELECTION REFORMS • REFERENDUM • INITIATIVE • RECALL • SECRET BALLOT • DIRECT PRIMARY • 17TH AMENDMENT-Senators • 19TH AMENDMENT-Women’s suffrage • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsuffrage.htm

  4. DEMANDS FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY • CENTRALIZING GOVERNMENT • CITY MANAGER SYSTEM • CITY COMMISSION SYSTEM • ATTACKS ON CORRUPTION • 16TH AMENDMENT-Income Tax • http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1061.html

  5. CONSUMER PROTECTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE • PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT • MEAT INSPECTION ACT • CONSERVATION • 18th AMENDMENT-Prohibition • http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/prohib/prohib.html

  6. REGULATION OF BUSINESS • CARRYING OUT ANTITRUST LAWS • NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE (1904) • HEPBURN ACT (1906)-Railroads • MANN-ELKINS ACT (1910)-Communications and long haul/short haul • CLAYTON ACT (1914)-price discrimination • http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/progre~1.htm

  7. SOCIAL JUSTICE • CHILD LABOR LAWS • SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZED LABOR • DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS • http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/rc_051201_ilabormoveme.htm

  8. SOCIAL CONTROL • Particularly Strong during World War I • Espionage Act (1917) • Sedition Act (1918) • Creel Committee • http://www.chicora.org/woodrow_wilson.htm

  9. THEODORE ROOSEVELT • President (1901-1909) • Bull Moose candidate 1912 • Supported “New Nationalism” • Women’s Rights • Workman’s comp. • Ban of corporate campaign contributions • http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tr26.html

  10. WILLIAM TAFT • President (1909-1913) • Came in 3rd in 1912 election • Did not fully understand Progressivism • Split with Roosevelt over Antitrust and Conservation • http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wt27.html

  11. WOODROW WILSON • President (1913-1921) • Strong interest in government efficiency. • Disliked power groups • Sought greater control over big business • http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html

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