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Progressive Reform. APUSH Period 5 Rose, Daniel, Leah. Labor, the Machine, and Reform. Between 1911-1913, many labor reforms were passed Child labor law Workmen’s compensation law Limited working hours for women
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Progressive Reform APUSH Period 5 Rose, Daniel, Leah
Labor, the Machine, and Reform • Between 1911-1913, many labor reforms were passed • Child labor law • Workmen’s compensation law • Limited working hours for women • Reforms influenced by unions and party machines being used as vehicles for social reform • Tammany Hall and the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Triangle shirtwaist fire Tammany Hall
Western Progressives Hiram Johnson • The leaders of western progressives had these traits: -Isolationist policies about immigration. -Similar to populists. -Opposed the railroad business. William Borah George Norris
Western Progressives • Debated who owned land and natural Resources • Western Progressives had to work with the Federal Government in order to get anything done.
African Americans and Reform • African Americans faced greater obstacles. • Legal, economic, social and political. W.E.B. Du Bois Booker t. Washington
Booker T. Washington • Many embraced his message I the late 19th century. • “Put down your bucket where you are at.” • Work for immediate self-improvement rather than long-range social change.
W.E.B. Du Bois • Challenged philosophy of Washington and entire structure of race relations. • Unlike Washington, never knew slavery. • Born in Massachusetts, educated at Fisk University in Atlanta and at Harvard. • More expansive view than Washington. • Launched an open attack on the philosophy of the Atlanta Compromise in The Souls of Black Folk (1903). • Accused Washington. • Advocated full education for blacks.
NAACP • In 1905, Du Bois and a group of his followers met at Niagra Falls. • 4 yeas later, they joined with white progressives. • Whites held most offices at first, but Du Bois was the guiding spirit. • The new organization led the drive for equal rights. • Within less than a decade, the NAACP had begun to win some important victories. • Guinn v. United States (1915). • Buchanan v. Worley (1917). • One of the nation’s leading black organizations.
The NAACP’s Strategy • Was not a radical, or even an egalitarian, organization. • Relied on the “talented tenth”. • Stressed for exceptional blacks to gain positions of full equality. • Focused on creating a leadership group.
Lynching • Lynching was a huge problem for African American organizations. • Du Bois was an outspoken critic of lynching. • Advocated a federal law making it illegal. • Most determined opponents of lynching were Southern women. • Included white women such as Jessie Daniel Ames. • The most effective crusader was Ida Wells Barnett.
Baby Boomers • People born during post WWII baby boom • Seventy-six million American children born between 1945 and 1964 • Associated with rejection or redefinition of traditional values • Considered much more liberal than their parents
Minimum Wage Workers • Federal minimum wage $7.25 per hour • Decided in 2009 • Many workers cannot support themselves/family on minimum wage • Different minimum wages per state • Supports of raising minimum wage say that due to inflation it should be about $21 per hour
Video • http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/triangle-remembering-the-fire/video/trailer.html#/
