Populist Goals = Progressive Achievements

1. Populist Goals = Progressive Achievements             a. railroad legislation (1903 & Hepburn Railroad Act --1906)             b. income tax (16th Amendment -- 1912)             c. expanded currency and credit structure (1913, 1916)             d. direct election of Senators (17th Amendment -- 1913)             e.  initiative, referendum and recall (early 1900s)             f.  postal savings banks (1910)             g. subtreasury plan (1916)

2. Goals of the Progressives 2) The government should reduce the power and influence of the wealthy 1) The government should be more accountable to its citizens 3) The government should be given expanded powers so it can be more active in improving the lives of its citizens 4) The government should be more efficient and less corrupt so that it can be expanded safely

3.        a. The break-up or regulation of trusts        b. Killing political machines        c. Reduce the threat of socialism (by improving workers’ lives)        d. Improve squalid conditions in the cities        e. Improve working conditions for female labor and end child labor        f. Consumer protection        g. Voting reform        h. Conservation        i. banking reform        j. labor reform (working conditions and unionization)        k. Prohibition of alcohol        l. Female suffrage Progressive Goals