Who Were The Progressives?

Progressives What do you think of when you hear…. More active Government Science and Technology Wisconsin : “Democracy Lab” Suffrage (Alice Paul) Prohibition Reforms

Muckrakers pg. 357 Who were they? What did they do?

Democratic Reforms Pg. 358 What were the 4 major reforms that began in Wisconsin? What was the commission plan? What is scientific management?

How did it come to be? Women’s Suffrage Pgs. 359 -360 What is the 19th amendment? How did it come to be? What is important about Seneca Falls? What is NAWSA?

Reforming Society How did Progressives Solve these problems. Social Welfare—360 -361 Child Labor—361 Prohibition—361-362 Sherman Anti-trust Act—363-364 Big Business—364-372 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire—361 How did Progressives Solve these problems.

How Could it Happen? Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Big Business Regulation: “Gentlemen’s Agreement” What did the Department of Commerce and Labor do? Why was the Pure Food and Drug act passed?

Conservation/Preservation John Muir Gifford Pinchot National Parks

Politics William Howard Taft Elected president in 1908 Tariffs split the party Payne Aldrich Tariff act Upset Progressives (did not live up to progressive ideals) Prompted Roosevelt to run again in 1912 Children’s Bureau (still exists) Dedicated Conservationists Busted more Trusts than Roosevelt Got Stuck in the Bathtub

Wilson Years New Freedom vs. New Nationalism Tariff reform (Underwood Tariff Act) Income Tax -16th Amendment Federal Reserve System Federal Trade Commission Big Business Regulation Built on Roosevelt’s foundation

Problems with Progressivism Did not do anything to help with race. African Americans, Jews, Native Americans, Chinese, Southern Europeans still faced discrimination Progressives turned a blind eye to this discrimination