PROGRESSIVISM 1900-1919
INFLUENCES THIRD POLITICAL PARTIES ORGANIZATIONS MUCKRAKERS POPULISTS SOCIALISTS NATIONAL WOMEN’S PARTY ORGANIZATIONS LABOR UNIONS UNIVERSITIES SETTLEMENT HOUSES MUCKRAKERS GOVERNMENT REFORMERS RELIGIOUS REFORMERS http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_071500_progressivis.htm
IMPORTANT ELECTION REFORMS REFERENDUM INITIATIVE RECALL SECRET BALLOT DIRECT PRIMARY 17TH AMENDMENT-Senators 19TH AMENDMENT-Women’s suffrage http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsuffrage.htm
DEMANDS FOR GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY CENTRALIZING GOVERNMENT CITY MANAGER SYSTEM CITY COMMISSION SYSTEM ATTACKS ON CORRUPTION 16TH AMENDMENT-Income Tax http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1061.html
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT MEAT INSPECTION ACT CONSERVATION 18th AMENDMENT-Prohibition http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/prohib/prohib.html
REGULATION OF BUSINESS CARRYING OUT ANTITRUST LAWS NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE (1904) HEPBURN ACT (1906)-Railroads MANN-ELKINS ACT (1910)-Communications and long haul/short haul CLAYTON ACT (1914)-price discrimination http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/progre~1.htm
SOCIAL JUSTICE CHILD LABOR LAWS SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZED LABOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/rcah/html/rc_051201_ilabormoveme.htm
SOCIAL CONTROL Particularly Strong during World War I Espionage Act (1917) Sedition Act (1918) Creel Committee http://www.chicora.org/woodrow_wilson.htm
THEODORE ROOSEVELT President (1901-1909) Bull Moose candidate 1912 Supported “New Nationalism” Women’s Rights Workman’s comp. Ban of corporate campaign contributions http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tr26.html
WILLIAM TAFT President (1909-1913) Came in 3rd in 1912 election Did not fully understand Progressivism Split with Roosevelt over Antitrust and Conservation http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wt27.html
WOODROW WILSON President (1913-1921) Strong interest in government efficiency. Disliked power groups Sought greater control over big business http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html