1. Progressive Era
Week 8

2. DO NOW What is a civic responsibility?
How does a person fulfill their civic responsibility?

3. The Impact of Political Reform
Monday – 10/9/17

4. Political Reform Initiative Referendum Recall
Power of a citizen to introduce legislation
A citizen proposing a law
Referendum
The public votes on a measure
People have more influence in decision-making process
Recall
The process by which a government official is removed from office by popular vote
People can hold their elected leaders accountable

5. “Promote General Welfare” = The concern of the government for the health, peace, morality, and safety of its citizens

6. Hot Question!
How did initiative, referendum & recall expand participation in the democratic process?

7. 17th Amendment Citizens directly elect senators
Effectively ends the spoils system (electing friends)
Direct Party Primaries make elections faster and easier by narrowing the pool of candidates

8. 18th Amendment Prohibition
Illegal to manufacture, transport and sell alcohol
Developed because of the Temperance Movement

9. 19th Amendment Women are granted the right to vote- women’s suffrage
Women can participate in the political process as full citizens of the United States

10. Hot Questions!
What goals were achieved by the 17th, 18th and 19th Amendments?
What issues might present themselves with the ratification (passing) of these amendments?
In your opinion, which Progressive Era political reform was most significant (important)?

11. CLOSING The common purpose of these legislative acts was to –
protect the nation’s natural resources
improve conditions for recent immigrants to the United States
advance the growth of big business
promote the general welfare of the American public

12. Picture Day Work on your foldable (due THIS FRIDAY)
Tuesday – 10/10/17
Work on your foldable (due THIS FRIDAY)
Unit 3 Vocabulary worksheet
Unit 3 exam review
Unit 1 test corrections

13. PSAT Administration Work on your foldable (due THIS FRIDAY)
Wednesday – 10/11/17
Work on your foldable (due THIS FRIDAY)
Unit 3 Vocabulary worksheet
Unit 3 exam review
Unit 1 test corrections

14. DO NOW
What social, political and economic concerns should a president be responsible for?
Explain.

15. Roosevelt & Taft: Domestic Issues
Thursday – 10/12/17

16. Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley assassinated; Roosevelt sworn in as 26th president
Progressive – Square Deal
domestic policy
Trustbuster- Sherman Antitrust Act
Preferred to regulate big business

17. Conservation of Nature Control of Corporations
Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt
Square Deal
Conservation of Nature
Control of Corporations
Consumer Protection
Protect natural resources
148 million acres of forest reserves
50 wildlife sanctuaries
National parks
18 national monuments
Control & regulate corporations/big business
Trustbusting
anti-trust laws
Teddy helped labor unions negotiate with corporations
Protect consumer health and safety
Ally to muckrakers
Pure Food & Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act

19. Conservation
Roosevelt worked with John Muir to protect and conserve national parks and wildlife
Sierra Club
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Mount Rainier

20. Yosemite National Park

21. Yellowstone National Park

22. Mount Rainier

24. Hot Questions!
What types of legislation was introduced by Theodore Roosevelt?
Why did Roosevelt work toward the conservation of national parks and wildlife?

25. William H. Taft Taft supports the 16th Amendment (income tax)
Ran against William Jennings Bryan
Taft supports the 16th Amendment (income tax)
Generated revenue for the federal government
Antitrust laws
Successfully regulated railroad shipping rates
Saved the US Postal Service from collapse

26. Hot Questions!
What types of legislation was introduced by Howard Taft?
Compare/contrast Roosevelt and Taft.

27. CLOSING
According to the political cartoon, which of the following would most likely be in a speech by Theodore Roosevelt?
Attacks on all conservative views
Support for both a democratic issues and a conservative issue
Outrage over political parties
A brand new set of initiatives and issues

28. DO NOW What was the primary result of this legislation?
States instituted their own environmental regulations
Settlement on lands with fragile ecosystems was prohibited
Monopolies seized control of natural resources
National parks were created as a way to manage land resources

29. Wilson, Domestic Issues & 3rd Parties
Friday – 10/13/17

30. Impact of THIRD Parties
Formed by President Roosevelt in 1912
Bull Moose Party (Progressive Party)
Roosevelt’s “3rd Party” will challenge Taft’s re-election
Roosevelt running against Taft hands the election to Wilson!

31. Hot Question!
What impact do third parties have on presidential elections?
Why? Explain.

32. Election of 1896 Populist choice William McKinley – 271 Republican
Appealed to businessman & prosperous farmers
Front porch campaign
Gold standard
Endorsed tariffs (thought they would bring prosperity)
William Jennings Bryan – 176
Democrat
Appealed to less prosperous businessman & farmers
“Cross of Gold” Speech
Free coinage of silver
Opposed gold standard
Populist choice
Election of 1896

33. Gilded Age & Populist Party
The People’s Party
A belief in the power of the people
People have the power – not politicians or the wealthy
Grangers
Farmers Alliance
Silver Coinage
Labor Movement

34. Populists Progressives Improved conditions for farmers & workers
Make the government more accessible to the people
Take down big business practices
Wanted to improve society
Used political action
Used government to solve problems
Regulation of Big Business
Focused on people
Reform, Reform, Reform
Anti-Big Business (Trust / Monopoly)

35. Woodrow Wilson Democrat; 1912-1921 Lowered tariffs on imported goods
Federal Reserve Act 1913
Clayton Antitrust Act 1914
Hint… Wilson was the president during WWI

36. Hot Questions!
How did Wilson expand the roles of the federal government?
What did progressive presidents hope to achieve? Were they successful?
In your opinion, which president was the most progressive?

37. CLOSING
Based on the information in the chart, how did the creation of the Progressive Party likely affect the 1912 presidential election results?
It proved that a Progressive Party candidate could win in a national election
It contributed to a Democratic Party victory by splitting the Republican Party votes
It forced the Democratic Party to adopt issues that the Progressive Party supported
It created a situation where the Progressive Party won the popular vote but not the election