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Chapter 8-9

Chapter 8-9. The Progressives Age 1900-1917. Reformers. Reformers wanted to: Regulate big business More Americans wanted to control their Candidates It was done by three successful men: Teddy Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson. Turn of the Century.

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Chapter 8-9

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  1. Chapter 8-9 • The Progressives Age • 1900-1917 Power Points done by Kris Mena

  2. Reformers Reformers wanted to: • Regulate big business • More Americans wanted to control their CandidatesIt was done by three successful men: • Teddy Roosevelt • William Howard Taft • Woodrow Wilson Power Points done by Kris Mena

  3. Turn of the Century At the turn of the century the United States: • 45 States • 76 million people • Wealth-Prosperity Power Points done by Kris Mena

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  5. Fashion in 1900’s Power Points done by Kris Mena

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  7. 76,000,000 Americans in 46 states   (by the end of the decade.) Policeman arrests woman for smoking in public $46,000,000+ in the U.S. treasury 8,000 cars - 10 miles of paved roads 1900 - Auto deaths 96; lynchings 115 San Francisco Earthquake took 700 lives and cost over $4,000,000 in damage. Average worker made $12.98/week for 59 hours Life expectancy: 47.3 female, 46.3 male - 33.0 blacks Essay - Birth of the 20th Century Power Points done by Kris Mena

  8. Sports in 1900’s

  9. First Football Team 1899 Sewanne Tigers Power Points done by Kris Mena

  10. 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Power Points done by Kris Mena

  11. Wilson throwing out the first ball, opening day, 1916 Ping pong - invented in Britain in the 1890s it was an inexpensive mimic for lawn tennis, played by the rich Power Points done by Kris Mena

  12. What did Progressives believe in • Placed their faith in progress, technology, & science • Rejected Laissez-faire • Protestant moral values • A new view of the purpose of government Power Points done by Kris Mena

  13. Muckrakers Power Points done by Kris Mena

  14. Muckrakers Power Points done by Kris Mena

  15. New Type of Journalism • Muckrakers- Writers of the Progressive Era, Investigative Journalism T Roosevelt nicknamed them. McClure’s Cosmopolitan Collier’s Power Points done by Kris Mena

  16. New Magazines of 1900’s Power Points done by Kris Mena

  17. Yellow Journalism Sensational to report a story. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  18. Joseph PulitzerPulitzer also used the New York World to advocate a ten-point program of reform. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  19. Joseph Pulitzer • Pulitzer continued to promote investigative reporting and in 1909 the New York World exposed a fraudulent payment of $40 million by the United States to the French Panama Canal Company. The federal government indicted Pulitzer for criminally libeling President Theodore Roosevelt and the banker John Pierpont Morgan. However, Pulitzer won an important victory for the freedom of the press when the courts dismissed the indictments. Power Points done by Kris Mena

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  22. William R. Hearst Power Points done by Kris Mena

  23. Hearst Castle Power Points done by Kris Mena

  24. Writers in the Progressive Age • Lincoln Steffens- “ Shame of the Cities

  25. Ida Trabell –”History of Standard Oil” Power Points done by Kris Mena

  26. Upton Sinclair –” The Jungle” Power Points done by Kris Mena

  27. Important New Laws • Pure Food and Drug Act- forces manufactures to produce only a product that people know what’s in it. • Meat Inspection Act- allowed government to inspect meat. Power Points done by Kris Mena

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  29. Frank Norris – “The Octopus” Power Points done by Kris Mena

  30. Socialist Movement • A political and economic theory or system in which the means of production, distribution, and exchange are owned by the community collectively, usually through the state . Power Points done by Kris Mena

  31. Socialist Party of the US • Americans rejected socialism, because Americans liked private ownership. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  32. Margaret Sanger • Her crusade to legalize birth control spurred the movement for women's liberation • Planned Parenthood Clinics. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  33. Alice Hamilton Power Points done by Kris Mena

  34. Carrie Chapman Catt • She established the National American “Women Suffrage” • Wanted an amendment to the US Constitution. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  35. Triangle Shirt Waist Fire 1911 Power Points done by Kris Mena

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  37. Progressives –Local Levels • Commission System- Galveston Texas 1901. • City manager plan- Power Points done by Kris Mena

  38. Progressive –State Levels • Robert La Follette- Governor of Wisconsin Power Points done by Kris Mena

  39. Progressives Reforms • Initiative- allows voters to introduce laws through petitions and to enact laws directly by a popular vote. • Referendum- citizens may approve or reject a proposed law or put an existing law to a vote. • Recall allowing voters to remove an official from office. • Direct Primary- party’s candidates are chosen by the voters instead of party membership. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  40. Frank Lloyd Wright • Organic Simplicity • Architect • “Prairie Style” • Structures should blend in with natural surroundings. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  41. Wonderful Teddy • Teddy Roosevelt becomes US President after McKinley is assassinated. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  42. Teddy Roosevelt 1901 • Youngest president 42 years old. • First president to be known by his initials • Trust buster • Receives the Nobel Peace Prize. • Began NCCA Power Points done by Kris Mena

  43. Teddy Roosevelt Power Points done by Kris Mena

  44. Teddy Roosevelt • “ Speak softly but carry a big stick” • Bully was Roosevelt’s favorite word. • “Square Deal” Roosevelt’s campaign slogan. • Trustbuster- Nickname of Roosevelt. • National Reclamation Act- restoration to productivity of dry lands through irrigation. • John Muir- Sierra Club • Conservationist- TR was one of them. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  45. Hepburn Act 1906 • Allowed interstate Commerce Commission to set rates for interstate trade. • Gave muscles to the ICC. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  46. Coal Strike of 1902 • United Miner Workers lead by John L Lewis wanted” • Union recognition • Better wages • Less hours • Better working conditions • JP Morgan owned most of the Penn. coal mines. Morgan would not meet with the strikers. • Roosevelt wanted the two sides to meet. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  47. Arbitration • Arbitration- where two sides agree to meet to work out a problem. The middle person is usually the arbitrator. The progress is in arbitration. • President Roosevelt threaten JPMorgan that he would take over the mines themselves. . . . . . Power Points done by Kris Mena

  48. Northern Securities Trust • This trust was the first to be broken by the Sherman Anti Trust Act. Power Points done by Kris Mena

  49. He was named by TR to become the next president of the US Federal Judge Governor of the Philippines His wife is responsible for the cherry trees in DC Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft Power Points done by Kris Mena

  50. William Howard Taft Power Points done by Kris Mena

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