1. Grab notes from front table
Get out Booker T. vs WEB paper from last class

2. Warm UP: Write on your Warm Up Paper
How did muckrakers impact the Progressive Era?

3. Progressive Era Pt 3
Political Reforms

4. Political Reforms laws laws laws voting voting Political Political
government
voting
Political
laws
voting
Political
Political
laws
Goal in Progressive Era: give more political power to regular people
Direct democracy: the people having more say in government

5. Women’s Suffrage Suffrage = right to vote
Push for women’s suffrage in late 19th century
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led movement
Co-founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Seneca Falls Convention- women’s rights meeting in 1848
Declared “all men and women are equal”
Wanted women’s suffrage
What barriers prevented the passage of a women’s suffrage amendment?

8. Progress for women
Proposed amendments for women’s vote failed in 1868,
During WWI- protested outside White House
19th Amendment ratified in 1920
Gave women the right to vote

9. Third Party Movements
People felt their interests weren’t being heard by the 2 main political parties (Dems and Repubs)
3rd Party Movements started new political parties to represent the needs of the people
American Socialist Party
Wanted more equal distribution of income
Wanted to use progressive taxes, worker controlled production, and public ownership of industry to equalize income
Eugene Debs- Socialist candidate for President (Executive Branch)
Many socialist ideas were adopted by Progressives
Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
Theodore Roosevelt’s party after the Republicans went with someone else
How do 3rd party movements affect politics in the US?

11. Corruption in the Gilded Age
A lot of corruption existed in the Gilded Age
Corruption: wrongdoing on the part of authority through illegitimate, immoral, or unethical standards
Usually bribery, kick-backs, giving jobs
Major reforms started to improve city/state gov; end corruption:
Not national level yet

12. 17th Amendment 17th Amendment- direct election of Senators
People elect State Representatives
State Representatives elect US Senators
US Senators do what state reps want
People elect State Representatives
State Representatives elect US Senators
US Senators do what state reps want
People elect State Representatives
State Representatives elect US Senators
US Senators do what state reps want
17th Amendment- direct election of Senators
Citizens get to vote directly for Senators
Created to prevent corruption
Before 17th Amendment
After 17th Amendment
People elect US Senators
US Senators do what people want
People elect US Senators
US Senators do what people want

13. Direct Democracy Initiative Referendum Recall Initiative Referendum
Citizens petition; get enough signatures to force a vote on a law
Example: Colorado voters signed a petition to ask their legislature to legalize marijuana.
Referendum
Direct vote to reject or accept a law; could vote to recall
Example: Bryan voters approved the bond to build the 2nd high school.
Recall
Initiative
Citizens petition; get enough signatures to force a vote on a law
Example: Colorado voters signed a petition to ask their legislature to legalize marijuana.
Referendum
Direct vote to reject or accept a law; could vote to recall
Example: Bryan voters approved the bond to build the 2nd high school.
Recall
Vote to remove an elected official
Example: The people of Chicago demand the removal of their mayor because of possible mob ties.
Initiative
Citizens petition; get enough signatures to force a vote on a law
Example: Colorado voters signed a petition to ask their legislature to legalize marijuana.
Referendum
Recall
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
Started giving citizens more control in government through more direct democracy
Trying to get rid of corruption
How did the right to initiative, referendum, and recall give citizens more control in local government?

14. Ending the Spoils System
Spoils system- giving jobs to supporters; usually unqualified for positions- a lot in Gilded Age
Civil service- working for government in non-elected position
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of placed civil service (government) employees on merit system
Ended Spoils System
If unqualified, they were fired
Only applied to federal gov- so many state/local gov were still corrupt
How did the Pendleton Act help make government more efficient?

15. STAAR Practice

16. STAAR Practice

17. Big Idea
How did political rights expand for regular people in the Progressive Era?