Pivotal Election of 1896

William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech

Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists

Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings

Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech

Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists

William McKinley, Republicans

Why Bryan Lost in 1896

Little Appeal to Many Industrial Workers

Little Appeal to Middle Class

Era of Progressive Reform

American Politics and Reform, 1900-1920

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict

Populists Revolting in the Countryside; Radical Ideas Gaining Ground?

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict.

Populists Revolting in the Countryside.

Trusts Corrupting Politics

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict.

Populists Revolting in the Countryside.

Trusts Corrupting Politics

Immigration Transforming Cities

One Response: Progressivism“A Search For Order”

Broad Reform Movement with Many Strands Urban, Middle Class Government Can Solve Problems Believers in Science, Mass Organization (Big

Business Here to Stay???). Social Justice (Minimum Wage, Shorter

Working Hours) Reforming Democracy

Jon Stewart and Glen Beck on Progressivism

What’s the Point of the Clip?

A. Progressivism is still important more than a century later!

B. Progressivism has roots in even earlier notions of the “Public Good.”

C. Conservatives are distrustful of many types of collectivism

Progressive Response to Immigration: Scope of Immigration 1890-1920: 18

million immigrants (1910: 13 percent of population foreign born).

Scope of Immigration 1890-1920: 18

million immigrants (1910: 13 percent of population foreign born.

Shift to Southern, Eastern Europe

Scope of Immigration 1890-1920: 18

million immigrants (1910: 13% foreign born).

Shift to Southern, Eastern Europe

Role of Big Business

Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

“The Last Yankee” (1880)

Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

Fears of job competition

Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

Fears of job competition

Fears of political radicalism

Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

Fears of job competition

Fears of political radicalism

Political machines (Film Clip)

Was Boss Tweed a Hero or a Villain?

A. Hero (Yea!)

B. Villain (Boo!)

Jane Addams and “Social Justice” Progressives

Addams: college-educated, upper-middle-class background

Frustrated ambitions and strong sense of social obligation

Ellen Gates Starr & Social Gospel

Settlement Home Movement: Hull House (1889)

Jane Addams

Activities of Settlement Homes

Housing and classes for immigrants

Activities of Settlement Homes

Housing and classes for immigrants

Legislative reforms: child labor, public playgrounds, protection for women factory workers

Middle-class reformers and working-class immigrants sometimes clashed

Prohibition antagonizes immigrants

Middle-class reformers and working-class immigrants sometimes clashed

Prohibition antagonizes immigrants

Movie Censorship

Middle-class reformers and working-class immigrants sometimes clashed Prohibition

antagonizes immigrants

Movie Censorship

Child Labor Laws and Protective Legislation