Chapter 11 The Progressive Reform Era

Section 1- Origins of Progressivism Progressive Era refers to the period from where a variety of reforms were enacted Rapid industrialization Pg. 383

Progressives Focus mainly on helping the poor and the industrial workers The Gov should be more accountable for the citizens Less Gov corruption More child labor Laws Did not seek a ban on strikes, Labor Unions? Pg. 383

Injunctions- court orders that prohibit a certain activity Usually prevented workers from going on strike Pg. 385

Reformers Henry George and Edward Bellamy were both journalists George wrote Progress and Poverty and Bellamy wrote Looking Backward Their ideas influenced the Populists Party Platform in 1892 George and Bellamy both wrote about ideas for reforming society Pg. 384

Upton Sinclair Muckrakers The Jungle- poverty, living/working conditions, and lack of hygiene during the Progressive Era Pg. 385

Florence Kelly Prohibiting child labor, limiting worker hours, and regulating sweatshop conditions in Illinois in 1893 Why would some people not like progressives? Pg. 386

Section 2- Progressive Legislation Social welfare programs- ? September 8, 1900 a hurricane hit Galveston killing 6,000 people in 18 hrs The city created an emergency commission of 5 appointed administrators Pg. 390

Power to the People Robert La Follete Direct primary- an election which citizens vote to select nominees for elections Referendum- voters can vote on bills directly Initiative Recall Pg. 392

1902, United Mine Workers called a strike and TR called for arbitration “square deal” Cracked down on big businesses Set aside 200 million acres for national forests Regulated food and drugs Pg TR as President

GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK- NORTH CAROLINA

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK- WYOMING

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK- TEXAS

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK- COLORADO

Section 3- Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson Taft is President Taft chose Richard Ballinger for Sec of Interior (oversees National Park Service) Ballinger upset conservationists- ? Republicans were angry at Taft because the Ballinger-Pinchot affair Pg

The Election of 1912  Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson  Progressive Party or the Bull Moose Party  Oct. 14 in Milwaukee, TR was shot -“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose” TR and Taft ended up splitting Republican votes Pg. 397

Wilson wins election Federal Reserve System- Woodrow Wilson 12 districts Why did Progressivism die after Wilson’s 2 nd term? Pg

Section 4- Suffrage at Last Civil Disobedience Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Anthony was arrested in 1872 when she led women to the poles in NY to vote, fined $100 Pg. 404

1890, National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) by this time, women could buy, sell, and will property The women’s right to vote failed again and again, after Stanton and Anthony died, it was up to a new generation to gain the right to vote Pg

Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul became the new leaders in women’s suffrage Paul organized a parade of 5000 in Washington DC Aggressive militant approach caused a split Pg. 406

 Catt continued on with NAWSA and ended up gaining lots support, even winning suffrage in New York  With the U.S. entering WWI in 1917, women volunteered with medical help and took over jobs left by men  Suffrage Support? Pg

Carrie Chapman Catt lead NAWSA to victory and eventually to the end of women’s suffrage 1919, 19 th Amendment? “It is doubtful that any man…ever realized what the suffrage struggle came to mean to women…It leaves a mark on one, such a struggle.”