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The Progressive Movement

The Progressive Movement. Progressive Presidents. Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson . Progressive Government. More direct participation in political process Limit the power of city bosses Direct primaries Initiative process Referendum Recall . 17 th Amendment.

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The Progressive Movement

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  1. The Progressive Movement

  2. Progressive Presidents • Theodore Roosevelt • William H. Taft • Woodrow Wilson

  3. Progressive Government • More direct participation in political process • Limit the power of city bosses • Direct primaries • Initiative process • Referendum • Recall

  4. 17th Amendment • Direct election of senators • Previously selected by state legislatures • 1913

  5. City Management • City bosses replaced by city managers • Reported to a mayor and city council • Public ownership • Water • Gas • Transportation • Electricity

  6. Workmen’s Compensation • Payment to workers or families for disability or death suffered on the job • Labor unions opposed workmen’s comp  state control of workers benefits would reduce need for unions

  7. Triangle Shirtwaist Company • Factory regulation resulted from tragedy • 150 (Jewish and Italian women) died in a fire, jumping from a ten story building • no mandatory fire escapes • Results • Owners tried for manslaughter  acquitted • Families received $75 in damages • NY instated 54 hour work week for women • Prohibited children 14 and under from working • New business regulations

  8. Triangle Shirtwaist Company

  9. Child Labor • National Child Labor Committee • Movement started to address exploitation of children • Minimum legal age 12-16 • Maximum workday or week • Photographer  Lewis Hines exposed the evils of child labor

  10. Lewis Hines Photography

  11. Women’s Suffrage • Progressive male argument physically women are weaker than men, brains MUST BE smaller • National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) • Pushed for suffrage state by state • National Women’s Party • Pushed for a constitutional amendment • Used picket lines, marches and hunger strikes • Pushed for suffrage state by state

  12. Women’s Suffrage Picketing the White House during World War I 19th Amendment  enfranchisement of women

  13. Twilight of Progressivsm • “There’s no chance of progress and reform in an administration in which war plays the principal part.” • Woodrow Wilson, 1913 • 1914  Wilson understood American’s involvement was eminent • Progressive Age saw its end with 19th century imperialism and the beginning of World War I

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