1. Chapter 26: Progressive Era

2. 26.2 Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller Captains of Industry
Industry Brings Progress:
Industry brought jobs for everyone
Products were sold at prices people could afford
The Benefits of Bigness:
More businesses there are the more will compete
This means prices will be lower on their goods
The strongest and best business will survive and make money
Giving Away Wealth:
Carnegie and Rockefeller decided to give their money away
They built hospitals, libraries, and gave money for research

3. 26.3 Theodore Roosevelt: Trust-Busting President
US past the Sherman Antitrust Act to stop monopolies
Breaking a Railroad Trust:
Roosevelt hated monopolies and forced railroads to break apart into smaller companies
Trust-Busting Expands:
Roosevelt found that the oil companies were doing illegal transactions
Forced them to separate into smaller companies as well

4. 26.4 Robert La Folletta: Fighter for Political Reform
Party Bosses would bribe people to vote for certain candidates
They would stuff ballot boxes with fake ballots
Because of this La Folletta wanted the power put into the hands of the people
This made elections equal for all candidates

5. 26.5 Mother Jones: Champion of Workers’ Rights
Child Labor Laws:
Children were forced to work in small and dirty conditions because were the only ones that could fit in those places
Mother Jones fought for their safety
US signed a law against children working
Improving Working Conditions:
Women’s work days were shorter
Assistance if you were injured on the job
Better equipment
Maternity leaves

6. 26.6 John Muir: Protector of his Environment
John Muir moved to the Yosemite Valley
He saw how US was destroying the land and animals there
Fought to protect it
US created the Yosemite National Park
Roosevelt felt the same as Muir so he created many more National Parks

7. 26.7 W.E.B. Du Bois: Spokesmen for Equal Rights
Was tired of the way that AA were treated
Created the NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Their goals were not just for equal treatment, but to better the lives of all through education

8. 26.8 Upton Sinclair: Truth Writer
Meatpacking Horrors:
Workers were loosing fingers, falling into cookers, and being killed by acid
Food was old and mixed with rats, sawdust
Nothing was sanitary
Book was published and told Americans all about this
Safer Food and Drugs:
President Roosevelt passed laws to better conditions of packaging companies
Meat Inspection Act (meat)
Pure Food and Drug Act (canned goods and prescription drugs)

9. 26.9 Alice Paul: Heroine of Women’s Rights
The New Suffrage Movement:
Alice Paul set up a march to Washington for Women’s Right to Vote
Passing the 19th Amendment:
Women did a silent protest outside of the White House
They were arrested for blocking the side walk
Refused to eat in jail (hunger strike)
Released and looked at as heroes
19th Amendment was finally passed

10. Questions What did industry do for people?
Which 2 type of companies did Roosevelt break apart?
Who made elections equal for all people?
Who fought to protect child workers?
How did women’s working conditions improve?
What National Park did John Muir fight to protect?
What were the goals of the NAACP?
What 2 acts were passed to make food and drugs safer?
Who led the march to Washington to gain the woman’s right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?