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Progressive Legislation

Explore the impact of Progressive legislation and workplace reforms in the Progressive Era, including the Triangle Company Fire, Robert M. La Follette, the "bully pulpit," the Square Deal, and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Discover how these reforms led to the expansion of government and the establishment of social welfare programs.

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Progressive Legislation

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  1. Progressive Legislation Chapter 11, Section 2

  2. Terms • All vocabulary terms • Triangle Company Fire • Robert M. La Follette • “bully pulpit” • Square Deal • Sherman Antitrust Act

  3. TSC Fire • 10-story Asch building (NYC) • 600 workers • 8th floor fire • Frances Perkins watches from street

  4. NYU Brown Buildingtoday

  5. Reaction • Call for social welfare programs • Municipal level • RobertLa Follette • Workplacereforms

  6. TR • “Bully pulpit” • 1902 Coal Strike • Square Deal • Sherman Antitrust Act • Pure Food and Drug Act • Meat Inspection Act

  7. An Expanded Role for Government • Progressives sought more social welfare programs to help ensure a minimum standard of living. • Many of the earliest Progressive reforms were made at themunicipal, or city, level. • Some municipal reformers worked for home rule, a system that gives cities a limited degree of self-rule.

  8. An Expanded Role for Government • Municipal reformers opposed the influence of political bosses. • Reformers made efforts to take over city utilities such as water, gas, and electricity. • Some reform mayors led movements for city-supported welfare services such as public baths, parks, work-relief programs, playgrounds, kindergartens, and lodging houses for the homeless.

  9. Outlawed monopolies and practices that restrained trade, such as price fixing. Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890 National Reclamation Act, 1902 Created to plan and develop irrigation projects. United States Forest Service, 1905 Created to manage the nation’s water and timber resources. Hepburn Act, 1906 Authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroad rates. Banned interstate shipping of impure food and deliberate mislabeling of food and drugs. Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906 Required federal inspection of meat processing to ensure sanitary conditions. Meat Inspection Act, 1906 Cabinet department created to promote the welfare and employment of working people. Department of Labor, 1913

  10. Gave Congress the power to levy an income tax. 16th Amendment, 1913 Provided for the direct election of senators. 17th Amendment, 1913 Federal Reserve Act, 1913 Created Federal Reserve System of government banks to supervise private banks and provide a flexible money supply. Created to administer the nation’s parks. National Park Service, 1916 Prohibited the manufacture and sale of liquor. (Repealed in 1933) 18th Amendment, 1919 Granted women full suffrage. 19th Amendment, 1920 Created within the Department of Labor to improve the status of working women. Women’s Bureau, 1920

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