Ch.17 Sect.1:Progressivism

4 goals of Progressivism Journalists and writers… Intellectuals… Progressive Movement— 4 goals: Protect social welfare Promote moral imp. Create econ. reform Foster efficiency

Promoting Social Welfare Worked to soften some harsh conditions of… Social Gospel/settlement house movements continued YMCA Salvation Army Florence Kelley

Moral Improvement Wanted immigrants/poor to improve… Prohibition WCTU Frances Willard WCTU opened Kindergartens, visited inmates in prison Anti-Saloon League

Economic Reform Severe panic in 1893 Socialism, why? Big business often got favorable treatment from… Muckrakers—

Efficiency Faith put in experts and scientific principles Brandeis brief Taylorism Scientific management Assembly lines Henry Ford

Reform at the State Level Robert La Follette— His major target was the railroads Reformers worked to protect workers and end… Children were more prone to accidents National Child Labor Committee Keating-Owen Act

La Follette

Efforts to Limit Working Hours Bunting v. Oregon Initiative— Referendum— Recall— 17th Amendment—

Ch.17 Sect.5: Wilson’s New Freedom

Wilson Wins Financial Reforms Spent his youth in South during War and Reconstruction Was a lawyer and president of Princeton U. 1910, Governor of NJ New Freedom Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 (No monopolies) Strikes became legal! Magna Carta for labor FTC (watchdog)

A New Tax System Worked to lower tariff rates State of the Union in person Wilson v. lobbyists 16th Amendment (income tax) Who was taxed more? Federal Reserve Act 12 districts/banks Federal Reserve System

Limits of Progressivism Was Wilson a champion of social reform? Wilson opposed antilynching legislation Appointed white Southerners who extended segregation How did NAACP feel? The Twilight of Progressivism