1. Unit 2 Visual Reinforcement
Progressivism
Unit 2
Visual Reinforcement

2. Table of Contents Muckrakers Triangle Fire Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Progressive State Reforms
16th Amendment
Election of 1912
Federal Reserve
Jim Crow (caution: graphic images)
Women’s Suffrage Movement

3. Upton Sinclair
Progressive writer – expose on meat packing industry in US
The Jungle (1906) was an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies.

4. Socialism Socialists in the United States wanted: End of capitalism
Distribute wealth
Government ownership of industries

5. Florence Kelley Leader in area of work reform: Prohibit child labor
Regulate sweatshops
Limit hours of work for women

6. Mother Jones
Irish immigrant who was inspired by her own personal convictions and tragedies.
Organized unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado.

7. What was a “muckraker”?
Muckraker is a name that was first given to American writers in the early 20th century who exposed corruption and scandals in business and politics.

8. Ida Tarbell
Famous exposé of the Standard Oil Company and its executive, John D. Rockefeller

10. Lincoln Steffens
Investigative reporter, Steffens first and most noted book, The Shame of the Cities, dealt with political decay in America.

11. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911
146 workers died in an unsafe factory when a fire broke out.
The doors were locked and many women jumped to their deaths.

24. Theodore Roosevelt

26. List several facts about Teddy Roosevelt’s background - before he became president.
Born into wealthy New York family
Harvard graduate – was a boxer
Rancher/cowboy in the Dakotas
Governor of New York
Assistant Secretary of Navy
Veteran of Spanish-American War – the famous ‘Rough Riders’

27. The Anarchist vs. The President
Assassination….
The Anarchist vs. The President

28. Anarchy
Anarchists brought a more radical philosophy to the scene, maintaining that any form of government exploited and oppressed the people.
They believed that one way to combat government was to eliminate those in power.
Since 1894, anarchists had assassinated four European leaders -- President Sadi Carnot of France, Empress Elizabeth of Austria, King Humbert of Italy, and Spanish statesman Cánovas del Castillo.

29. What happened…..
On September 6, 1901, in Buffalo, New York at the Pan-American Exposition, a young man with a slender face and blonde-brown hair walked up to the President of the United States in a greeter's line at the Temple of Music exhibit with a handkerchief bandaged around his right hand.
Under the handkerchief was a .32 caliber Johnson revolver. Two quick shots rang out.

30. Execution…
Czolgosz received a hasty trial, was found guilty of murder and was electrocuted in the state prison at Auburn, New York on October 29.

31. What did the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 do for Americans?
All ingredients on packaged food and drugs had to be listed on the label.
Made sure people know what they were taking.

34. 16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

35. Tax Rates today…

36. William Howard Taft (27)
Only person to serve in all 3 Branches of Federal Government:
House of Reps
President
Chief Justice of Supreme Court

37. Election of 1912

38. Woodrow Wilson (28) Progressive Governor of New Jersey
President of Princeton University
Wins election because Republicans were split

39. What did the Federal Reserve Board create?
A nationwide system of 12 regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank.
These banks had the power to issue paper money.

41. Jim Crow
After the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South lost their hard-won political rights.
Jim Crow (segregation) became a fact of life in the South.

43. Lynching

45. Woman’s Suffrage

50. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Leaders….
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

51. Next generation of leaders…
Carrie C. Catt and Alice Paul

52. Protest at White House…