THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENTChapter 8
Section 1The Roots of Progressivism
The Rise of Progressivism
Who were the Progressives? Urban Middle-class
Americans Journalists Social workers Educators Politicians Clergymen
The Rise of Progressivism
The Muckrakers Ida Tarbell and
Standard Oil Jacob Riis wrote
“How the Other Half Lives”
Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle”
Reforming Government
Making Government Efficient A commission plan A council-manager
system
Reforming Government
Democratic Reforms La Follette’s
Laboratory of Democracy Robert M. La Follette
Direct primary Initiative Referendum Recall
Reforming Government
Democratic Reforms Direct Election of
Senators 17th amendment
Suffrage
Early Problems Seneca Falls, New
York- 1848 Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Suffrage
Early Problems 14th amendment 15th amendment
Suffrage
Building Support NAWSA Alice Paul Carrie Chapman
Catt 19th amendment
Reforming Society
Child Labor John Spargo wrote
“The Bitter Cry of the Children” 60 cents for 10 hours
of work in the coal mine
Reforming Society
Health and Safety Codes Triangle Shirtwaist
Company
Reforming Society
The Prohibition Movement Temperance
movement WCTU Prohibition
Reforming Society
Progressives vs. Big Business Big businesses
need regulation Interstate
Commerce Commission
Section 2Roosevelt and Taft
Roosevelt Revives the Presidency Roosevelt Takes on
the Trusts Square Deal Roosevelt becomes
known as a trustbuster and takes on J.P. Morgan
Roosevelt Revives the Presidency
The Coal Strike of 1902 United Mine
Workers go on strike
arbitration
Roosevelt Revives the Presidency Regulating Big
Business Department of
Commerce and Labor
Hepburn Act
Roosevelt Revives the Presidency
Consumer Protection Checking out cures Upton Sinclair
writes “The Jungle” Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug
Act USDA
Conservation
Western Land Development
Gifford Pinchot Roosevelt’s Legacy
Taft’s Reforms
The Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Ballinger vs. Pinchot Ballinger replaces
James Garfield as Secretary of the Interior.
Pinchot is fired for insubordination.
Taft’s Reforms
Taft’s Achievements Children’s bureau Trustbuster
Section 3“The Wilson Years”
The Election of 1912
Pick the Candidates Progressive party
Nicknamed the Bull Moose Party
The Election of 1912
Wilson vs. Roosevelt New Nationalism New Freedom
Wilson’s Reforms
Reforming Tariffs Wilson appears
before Congress (1st President to do so since John Adams).
Wilson lowers tariffs.
Wilson’s Reforms
Reforming the Banks Federal Reserve Act
Wilson’s Reforms
Antitrust Action Federal trade
commission Clayton Antitrust
Act
Wilson’s Reforms
Regulating Business Keating-Owen Child
Labor Act Prohibits employment
of children under the age of 14
But Congress declares it unconstitutional.
Progressivism’s Legacy and Limits
A New Kind of Government
Progressivism’s Legacy and Limits The Limits of
Progressivism W.E.B. Dubois met
at the Niagara Movement in 1905. The 1st attempt at
civil rights NAACP-1909
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