Progressives USH-4.6
I. Why have progress? Progressivism starts as a response to problems in the cities and factories Helped the middle class who: Didn’t want to pay taxes to corrupt gov’ts Wanted better services Journalists called muckrakers point out all of the bad stuff Political machines, NA, workers, immigrants, Bosses
II. Women’s Rights Begins at Seneca Falls (1848) New school & job opportunities Suffrage starts out West Wyoming is 1st to allow women to vote Women worked hard as pioneers National Association of Colored Women works toward votes for AA women
II. Women’s Rights National American Women’s Suffrage Assoc. Started by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1890 Opposed drinking and political bosses Split up over tactics
II. Women’s Rights National Woman’s Party Led by Alice Paul Picketed the White House Attacked by men Arrested Used hunger strikes in prison Women get suffrage with the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920
II. Women’s Rights Equal rights was next Wanted an amendment Jane Addams built a settlement house in Chicago Hull House Vocational classes Childcare Worked for child labor laws Supreme Court said federal child labor laws unconstitutional
III. Politics Progressive mayors and governors elected Theodore Roosevelt Republican but agreed with Progressives Gave rights to the workers Required coal mine owners to negotiate to avoid a strike Beefed up Interstate Commerce Commission and Sherman Anti-Trust Act Called the “Trust-buster”
III. Politics Gets the Meat Inspection Act passed (The Jungle) Gets national parks created Founded the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party in 1912 Splits votes w/Republicans and Democrats win
III. Politics Woodrow Wilson A progressive Democrat Clayton Anti-Trust Act Labor unions are exempt from anti-trust laws 16th Amendment Income tax 17th Amendment Popular election of Senators Federal Reserve Act Helps w/money supply More credit, 8 hour day, worker’s comp, etc.
IV. WWI Hurts progressives b/c war becomes the focus 18th Amendment Prohibition (no alcohol) 19th Amendment Wilson’s 14 Points is very progressive but Treaty of Versailles is not Makes Americans not care about Progressivism anymore