1. INTRO TO GILDED AGE & PROGRESSIVE ERA
Populism to ISAW

2. Populist Party
Represented Farmers, common people and Industrial workers
1896 their candidate was William Jennings Bryan
They favored coinage of silver, Government regulation of Railroads and Workers Rights

3. William Jennings Bryan
Democrat, Strongly Christian, reflected traditional farmer values
Pro-silver, farmers, and westerners
Becomes the Democratic Nominee for the Election of 1896
Populists support him
Later will defend the teaching of Creation in the Scopes Trial, Tennessee vs. Evolution in schools.

4. Election of 1896
The Republicans nominated William McKinley from Ohio (good war record, congressional track record, well-liked)
At the democratic convention in Chicago the party was in disarray and could not find a good candidate
William Jennings Bryan took the stage and delivered his “Cross of Gold” speech and immediately gained the nomination
He was a silverite from Nebraska
The democrats demanded unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16-1

6. Key Progressive Amendments
16th
17th
18th
19th I S A W
Congress can tax Income
Direct election of Senators by state voters
Prohibited the manufacture and sale of Alcohol
Women earn the right to vote

7. Impact of Third Parties
Progressive Party- founded on the ideals of reform
1912 Election- Theodore Roosevelt runs as a “third party” candidate (a political party outside the two party system)
Called the “Progressive Party” or “Bull Moose Party”
Caused a Republican split between Roosevelt and Taft
Democrat Woodrow Wilson wins election

8. Economic Issues of Progressive ERA
Federal Reserve Act of US divided into 12 regions, each with a Federal Reserve Bank
Private banks remain independent, but operate under the Federal Reserve System rules
“The Fed” loans money to banks if they run short of funds
Makes the US financial system more stable

9. TEDDY ROOSEVELT
One of the 3 progressive Presidents, he created the reform “Square Deal “and foreign policy of “Big Stick” Diplomacy”. He passed ”Pure Food & Drug and Meat Inspection Acts of 1906” and also supported women having the right to vote. He also was a conservationist and A leader of the “Rough Riders” during the 1898 Spanish-American War.

10. Teddy Roosevelt ……… “Trustbusting” Monopolies National Parks Act
Conservationist
Social Equality?

11. WILLIAM TAFT
One of the 3 progressive Presidents. He created the “Dollar Diplomacy”. He signed the Payne – Aldrich Bill which raised tariffs
Controversy over the Baller-Pinchot Dilemna

12. WOODROW WILSON
One of the 3 progressive Presidents and the creator of the “Moral Diplomacy”. He was President during WW1 in which he tried to use Neutrality to avoid. He created the reform “New Freedom” to try and eliminate all trusts. Approved the Federal Reserve Act.

13. Impact of the Reform Leaders
Upton Sinclair- wrote “The Jungle” detailing unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants. Americans learn of the horrendous and unsafe ways food was produced and stored.
Will lead to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act- Department of Agriculture must inspect packaged meat
Pure Food and Drug Act- Testing drugs before they went on the market
Susan B. Anthony- Supporter of Women gaining the right to vote.
Proposed an amendment in 1878 that would eventually become the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Helped organize the first Women’s Rights Conference the Seneca Falls Convention in New York
Ida B. Wells- Early supporter of Civil Rights, documented and spoke out against lynching in the US
Active in the push for women’s rights and suffrage
Co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
W.E.B. DuBois- Co-founder of the NAACP.
Thought African-Americans should protest unfair treatment and fight for equality