AN ERA OF REFORM

Populists and Progressives

LIBERALS START LOOKING TO THE GOVERNMENT TO

MAKE CHANGE,OR…

REFORM.

In the late 1800s…

Three major reform periods in U.S. History

1. Populism & Progressivism 1890s-1920s

2. The New Deal 1930s

3. The Great Society 1960s

FARMERS“RADICAL”

POORSTATE LEVEL

Populism1890s

URBAN“MODERATE”

MIDDLE CLASSSTATE AND NATIONAL

LEVELS

Progressivism1900s-1910s

The Progressive Presidents…

Teddy Roosevelt

William H. Taft Woodrow Wilson

Three Aims of Progressives

Restore control of the government to the common people

Correct abuses caused by industry

Restore greater equality in economic opportunities

Populists:Vocabulary

LESS WILLING TO USE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

PROBLEMS

conservative

THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE RIGHT

NOW

status quo

MORE WILLING TO USE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC

PROBLEMS

liberal

CHANGE, MAKE THINGS BETTER

reform

LOAN SECURED, OR BACKED-UP WITH

PROPERTY. IF THE LOAN IS NOT PAID THE PROPERTY IS

LOST

mortgage

MAJOR IDEAS/PLANS OF A POLITICAL PARTY

platform

THE SPECIFIC IDEAS THAT MAKE

UP A POLITICAL PARTY’S

PLATFORM

plank

THE RIGHT TO VOTE

suffrage

A DIRECT VOTE IN WHICH ALL VOTERS EITHER ACCEPT OR

REJECT A PROPOSAL; “BALLOT QUESTION”

referendum

POWER OF VOTERS TO REMOVE

ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM

OFFICE

recall

A PROPOSAL PLACED ON THE BALLOT AS THE

RESULT OF A PETITION

initiative

PHILOSOPHY THAT TESTS IDEAS BY

PUTTING THEM INTO ACTION; IF THE FIRST IDEA DOESN’T WORK,

TRY ANOTHER ONE

pragmatism

ABSENCE OF TARIFFS AND OTHER TRADE

BARRIERS

free trade

EVERY PAPER DOLLAR IS WORTH

A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF GOLD

gold standard

EVERYONE PAYS THE SAME PERCENT; “FLAT TAX”

proportional tax

THE MORE ONE MAKES, THE

HIGHER YOUR TAXES;

“GRADUATED TAX”

progressive tax