The Progressives. Populist Movement – Brought the farmers together to help with their problems.Populist Movement – Brought the farmers together to help.

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The Progressives

Populist Movement – Brought the farmers together to help with their problems.Populist Movement – Brought the farmers together to help with their problems. Problem – The industrial revolution made the tools to grow more crops.Problem – The industrial revolution made the tools to grow more crops. This reduced the price. (Supply & Demand) To get enough $$, farmers grew even more and prices dropped. National Grange – United the farmers to help with legislation. Reform the government.National Grange – United the farmers to help with legislation. Reform the government. Interstate Commerce Act – Made the RR charge everyone the same amount for shipping.Interstate Commerce Act – Made the RR charge everyone the same amount for shipping.

Progressive Movement Main goal was to reform society. 1)Clean up the way people did business. 2)Raise the sanitation standards. 3)Better the housing industry. The idea was to take the power from the rich and give it back to the regular people.

Initiative – Referendum - Recall Three ways to give power back to the people.Three ways to give power back to the people. Initiative – Regular people sign a petition to start a new law. Next the people vote on it. This bypasses the legislature.Initiative – Regular people sign a petition to start a new law. Next the people vote on it. This bypasses the legislature. Referendum – Same process, but this reviews existing laws.Referendum – Same process, but this reviews existing laws. Recall – This allows the people to remove elected officials.Recall – This allows the people to remove elected officials. AZ Statehood – We almost didn’t become a state because we had recall of federal judges in out constitution. We had to remove it.AZ Statehood – We almost didn’t become a state because we had recall of federal judges in out constitution. We had to remove it.

Progressive Amendments 16 th – Income tax. Make the rich pay more for the government than poor or regular people.16 th – Income tax. Make the rich pay more for the government than poor or regular people. 17 th – Direct election of Senators. Originally the state legislatures picked a state’s Senators. This took the power away from the state legislature (rich) and let the regular people vote for their Senators.17 th – Direct election of Senators. Originally the state legislatures picked a state’s Senators. This took the power away from the state legislature (rich) and let the regular people vote for their Senators.

18 th – Prohibition. Stopped the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol.18 th – Prohibition. Stopped the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol.

19 th Amendment – Women’s right to vote. Power away from men and let more regular people vote.19 th Amendment – Women’s right to vote. Power away from men and let more regular people vote.