john m. murrin, et al. liberty, equality, power a history of the american people
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John m. Murrin, et al. Liberty, Equality, Power A History of the American People. Chapter 21 Progressivism. Progressivism. Origins – Greenback Labor Party, Populists Ideology – mainstream reform which saw government as a means by which to improve the lives of citizens. Progressives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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John m. Murrin, et al.Liberty, Equality, PowerA History of the American PeopleChapter 21Progressivism
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ProgressivismOrigins Greenback Labor Party, PopulistsIdeology mainstream reform which saw government as a means by which to improve the lives of citizens
RepublicansDemocratsProgressives
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ProgressivismGoalsReturn government to the peopleCurb the trustsCorrect social injustices
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MuckrakersJournalists who exposed corruption in the early 1900s.Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives
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MuckrakersLincoln Steffans The Shame of the Cities
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MuckrakersIda Tarbell History of the Standard Oil Company
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MuckrakersRay Stannard Baker Following the Color Line
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MuckrakersUpton Sinclair The Jungle
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Settlement HousesJane Addams & Hull HouseChicagos Intellectual Character
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SocialistsEugene V. DebsLabor UnionsImmigrantsUtilitiesLocal v. National Leaders
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Political ReformsDirect Primary ElectionsVoter VoiceInitiativeReferendumRecall
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Political ReformsAustralian ballotDirect election of Senators (17th Amendment)Womens suffrage extended
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Political ReformsChild labor advances
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Political ReformsWorkers compensation lawsMaximum hours and minimum wagesDry laws
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Political ReformsRobert La FolletteWisconsin Progressivism
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Race & ProgressivismRace RiotsBooker T. Washingtons AccommodationW.E.B. Du BoisNAACP
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Election of 1900McKinley v Bryan (again)Issues of Imperialism & Silver (revived by WJB)McKinley reelected w/ Theodore Roosevelt as VP
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McKinleys 2nd AdministrationMcKinley assassinated in September 1901
Leon Czolgosz
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TR That damn cowboy Force of personalityPolitical beliefs
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Roosevelts Square DealControl of corporationsConsumer protectionConservation
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Roosevelt AdministrationFirst Modern PresidentExpansion of Executive PowerActivist PresidentMeat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)Conservation = managed consumption
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Roosevelt AdministrationTR as Trust BusterAntitrust suit against the Northern Securities CompanyInitiated over 40 suits against trustsGood trusts should be regulated by the government
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Roosevelt AdministrationExpansion of Federal PowerHepburn Act (1906) Increased the power or the ICC to regulate railroadsDepartment of Commerce and Labor with the Bureau of Corporations created
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Roosevelt AdministrationPennsylvania (Anthracite coal) Miners strike (1902)TR forced arbitration by threatening to seize minesFirst time federal government did not side with company ownership
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Election of 1908William H. Taft (R) v. William Jennings Bryan (D)Eugene V. Debs Socialist candidate No TR?
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Taft AdministrationDollar Diplomacy US support through investment and military / diplomatic aidAlso a trustbuster 90 suits in 4 yearsBroke campaign promise to reduce tariffsPolicies split the Republican party forming the National Progressive Republican League
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www.americanrhetoric.comListen to two speeches by different people Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson William Jennings Bryan Eugene V. Debs William TaftWrite a brief (one paragraph) reaction to the speechs style and/or substance.
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Election of 1912Howard Taft RepublicansTheodore Roosevelt Progressives / Bull MooseWoodrow Wilson - DemocratsEugene V. Debs - Socialists
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Election of 1912IssuesTariffTrustsParty Loyalty
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Election of 1912New NationalismPrecursor to New DealConsolidation of trust and LaborRegulation of good trustsWomens suffrageMinimum WageSocial InsuraceIn God We Trust
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New FreedomSmall EnterpriseEntrepreneurshipUnregulated & unmonopolized businessFragmentation not regulation
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Election of 1912
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Wilson AdministrationThe New FreedomTriple Wall of PrivilegeTariffBanksTrustsUnderwood Tariff Billreduced tariffs16th AmendmentGraduated / progressive income tax
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Federal Reserve ActCreated 12 regional reserve districts & banksBanks issue Federal Reserve Notes
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Federal Reserve Board
Department of the Treasury
Twelve Regional Reserve Districts(Central Banks)
Commercial Banks
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Wilson AdministrationClayton Anti-Trust ActFederal Farm Loan ActLouis Brandeis 1st Jewish JusticeRace & WilsonWilsons pro-labor record v. Ludlow Massacre