PROGRESSIVE ERA NOTES
the progress reform era was 1890-1920
4 goals of progressivism
-protection social welfare
- promoting moral improvement
-creating economics reform
-fostering efficiency
-Temperance Movement-18th Amendment
was designed to band alcohol.Prohibition was when people made illegal alcohol. Temperance is pushing for the abilencence of alcohol. Female progressive wanted to band alcohol. They didn't not like how mean the guys were and banding it would help the problems in the society. Woman's Christian temperance union(WCTU).
-Muckrakers-Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens
muckrakers were journalist who would expose the issues going on in society. Its called muckrakers because they were racking in the muck. They made articles and said all the truth and everything that was going on. Upton Sinclair was the most famous muckrakers. he wrote a book called the jungle. He was going to write about the life of an immigrant, so he went to the meat packing plant. but instead he his book turned out to be about how nasty the meat and stuff is in this factory. Rats all over, Insects, Rat poop, no sanitation. Ida Tarbell she was a women!! she couldn't vote or do much. she wrote about an oil company, she took down the standard oil company. She wrote articles. The book explained what Rockefeller did and explained his oil business. Lincoln Steffens wrote an articles the shame of the cities. He wrote about the terrible things in the cities. He exposed the corruption in the city governments . He had people wanting change so change happened in the government. Given more the one person the leader so there was more than just one person in charge.
-Laws making the workplace better, safer, etc
Sherman Antitrust Act stopped monopolies. 10 hour workday hey wanted women to work cause they thought you couldn't handle it. Child labor laws were helping the children. works man compensation. Progressive were out there to help making the working life better.
-Direct Election of US Senators-17th Amendment
the people elected US Senators instead of the government. Rather than state government and rich males voting almost everyone got a say. it made the country more democratic.
-Women's Suffrage Movement-19th Amendment
Women wanted more to do more than sitting at home being the slave. they went out a got jobs. They got simple easy pointless jobs, so they went out and started fighting for there rights. so then they were mad that black guys vote but white women cant so they got mad. they kept trying and trying for there rights. Wyoming was the first state to help the women. the states out west helped them more. they could vote in the west states first. women in the west were more independent. Susan b Anthony and Elizabeth catty satin. made association and formed lots of groups together, 1920 the nineteenth amendment was passed. 3 part strigy for women. state by state get states to pass it. go to courts. work towards getting law and the admendement passed. Women suffrage is the thing for women to vote
-Teddy Roosevelt's Background
grew up in a rich family. had a very rough childhood. he decided to make himself a man for his dad. he went to Harvard did boxing. became a athlete. he was govovner, police, kernel. vice president of us then president. a war broke out and McKinley asked for volunteers to fight and he made Roosevelt in charge of the volunteers to fight the war. Roosevelt wanted to go to war. His resume for president was outstanding he had like the perfect resume. died 1921??
-Teddy Roosevelt's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Square Deal
idea created from 3 ideas. conservation consumer protection, control of cooperation's. made to help middle class get rid of trust, and attack the rich. Welfare, education. believed people had the right to strike. Teddy supported labor unions and was on the workers sides. He was someone that would help a common factory worker out. He became president because the one before was killed.
2. Breaking up strikes
3. Breaking up trusts-trustbuster
teddy. was teddy going trying to break up monopolies. his weapon that he put in place was the Sherman anti trust act. Good trust vs. bad trusts. the good the bad and the bully. his government broke up around 55 trust. trustbuster was a nickname for teddy cause he broke trust.
4. Regulating railroads-Elkins Act, Hepburn Act
named after senator. the major point was to end large companies that wanted refunds after shipping large loads.
was a bull made in 1906 the helped to limit railroad power, and get more fairness. it expanded powers of the Elkins act. it increase powers of precious organization with the railroads. wanted to help the farmers.
5. Pure Food and Drug Act
1906. was with harmful foods that consumers ate. they had to list at least 10 different things about the drugs they had. make sure that food is labeled and drugs are safe.
6. Meat Inspection Act
was in place because the packing plants were nasty and the immigrants made it nasty. teddy noticed and looked into the situation he noticed the nasty going into the meat. it was mystery meat. Teddy passed the meat inspection act, they then had inspectors that said is it healthy, good, safe, is the packing plant clean, workers clean, the packing being done right.
7. Conservation-Transfer Act, Antiquities Act
conservation, one of teddy's three c's. conservation is protecting our forest. transfer act was taking all forest issues to the department of agricultural. so the parks out west transferred to the department of agricultural. the antiquities act was for preservation of natural land. owned by government.
8. Newlands Reclamation Act
it was the reclamation act of 1902 it was the us federal law funded irrigation project for the great plains. helped land get better with irrigation
9. Gentleman's Agreement
agreement between America and japan because eh Japanese started being segregated from the whites just like the other Asian culture. it made them mad because they thought they were equal so they made an agreement to ne equal.
10. Federal Employers Liability Act
is when states have their own compensation law but they weren't very fair so they created the federal employers liability act so the compensation would be more fair.
11. Policy toward African-Americans
he did little to preserve suffrage. eh thought some blacks were superior to whites. didn't help them much. it was unpopular to help so as president he didn't help little at all.
-William Howard Taft's Background
27th president, born in Ohio, chief of justice, governor of Cuba teddy saw he was a good leader so he made him president. he wasn't that good of a president leader, congress didn't really like him because he supported teddys stuff. he didn't do much, he upset lots of people, he was the HUGE president. FAT! he got stuck in a bathtub. the only president after being president became head court of the congress.
-William Howard Taft's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Payne-Aldrich Tariff
tariff is cost on importing goods. high tariffs are designed so people by American products, and keep the ones other ones out. Payne- Aldrich Tariff, it repeatedly tried lowery tariffs, but I didn't work. Taft promised low tariffs to help the common people. It lowered some tariffs.
2. Ballinger/Pinchot Land Dispute
the major problem was land dispute taft didn't help the environment and taft was selling land set aside to the rich. NO ONE LIKED TAFT!
3. Breaking up trusts
Taft served one term teddy served almost 2 terms. Taft served twice the case as teddy. taft broke up like 90 trust. teddy broke up bad trust. Taft broke up all trust no matter what. he thought he was doing the right thing but no one else thought that. Standard Oil 1911 major company that taft broke up !!!!!!!!!!!!!*************
4. Income Tax-16th Amendment
the government can collect taxes from you, it was for the federal government, the more you make the more tax you pay. taxes during civil war, was 3-5%. there was no consistent income tax for the federal government. this is on Taft. to be ratified all states had to sign on it, it was signed in 1913. the point of federal wants our income to pay for things like out roads and everything.
5. Policy towards African-Americans
MINE!!!
-1912 Presidential Election
1. Democratic candidate and platform
mine!!!!!
2. Republican candidate and platform
William Howard Taft. He was the current president. he wanted to keep breaking up trust, help the postal services.
I have been gone for two days. we have a test tomorrow. sara sent me notes to study from for what I missed, I will catch up tomorrow.
3. Progressive(Bull Moose) Party and platform
4. Socialist candiate and platforme
5. Results and why Wilson won
-Woodrow Wilson's Background
-Woodrow Wilson's Domestic Presidential Accomplishments/Issues:
1. Clayton Anti-Trust Act
2. Federal Trade Commission Act/Commission
3. Federal Farm Loan Act
4. Underwood Tariff
5. Federal Reserve Act
6. Keating–Owen Act
7. Adamson Act
8. US Neutrality in WWI
9. Policy towards African-Americans
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