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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
versus
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
