1. Progressivism: Warm up. Why do you go to school in the fall time? (Should government restrict a child’s right to work.)

2. Progressivism- movement by Americans to make government more responsive to what people want (not businesses) and correct problems in American society (work conditions, poverty, equality)

3. 4 Goals 1. ) Protect Social Welfare- “Social Gospel” said people should try to help the less fortunate *Fix poverty *Fix problems with industrialization (Low pay, dangerous conditions, child labor)

4. continued 2. Promote Moral Reform- improve people’s lives by changing negative lifestyles (alcoholism) *Prohibition- movement to criminalize (make illegal) alcohol

5. continued 3. Create economic reform *End “Laissez-Faire”- idea that government should not regulate or interfere with business *Supported “Socialism”- idea that everything in society should be shared equally (pay, power, etc.) *Muckrakers- journalists who exposed corrupt business’ and political machines

6. continued 4. Efficiency- make work tasks easier and simpler *Increased the amount of goods produced which lower the price for consumers Example- assembly line at Ford (each worker had one task when assembling a car while the cars moved at a steady pace

7. Video “Child Labor” 1.) Explain why you think Camelli Teoli was an effective witness. -Give one example from the video to support your answer. 2.) Why did unions support Child labor restrictions and employers opposed child labor restrictions? 3.) What feelings do the photographs provoke in you? -Give three details in photos to support your answer.

8. Roosevelt and Progressivism Progressives wanted to… 1.) end political corruption and regulate big business. 2.) make government do what is best for the people. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first president to try to achieve those goals by increasing the role of the President.

12. Theodore Roosevelt Was Vice President, became President when President McKinley was shot. President Roosevelt-willing to compromise rather than achieve nothing. View of Government-President should lead (Congress was to slow). View on business-felt that when they became monopolies, business’ exploited (cheated) the public.

13. Theodore Roosevelt wanted regulation (rules) to prevent business abuses Coal Strike-Theodore Roosevelt worked with labor (workers) and owners to establish better hours and pay for coal miners.

14. Square Deal Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to allow a person to work reasonable hours, days, and fair pay.

15. Employer’s Liability Act Provided compensation for injuries to workers ( in Washington DC and on Railroads). First workers compensation

16. Food and Drugs-Rules to protect people from harmful food and drugs The Jungle-book that described the filthy conditions in America. Slaughter houses and sale of mislabeled medicines. Meat Inspection Act-set rules for sanitary (clean) meat packing and government inspection of meat (GRADE A) Pure Food and Drug Act-forbid the sale of mislabeled or un-pure drugs

17. CONTINUED Conservation- Theodore Roosevelt loved the wilderness and wanted to preserve certain areas for the future. National Parks- set aside land not to be developed (Yosemite. Yellowstone WAS ALREADY A NATIONAL PARK, PRIOR TO ROOSEVELT.)

18. Yellowstone National Park

20. Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

21. Morning glory pool, Yellow stone

22. Yellowstone in the Winter

23. Yellowstone Geyser

24. Yellowstone

25. Yosemite National Park

26. Yosemite

27. Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park

28. Half Dome Rock, Yosemite

29. Yosemite

30. Yosemite

31. Theodore Roosevelt, National Park, North Dakota

32. http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/conservation.htm 150 National Forests 150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird Reservations 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 National Game Preserves 4 National Game Preserves 5 National Parks 5 National Parks 18 National Monuments 18 National Monuments 24 Reclamation Projects 24 Reclamation Projects 7 Conservation Conferences and Commissions 7 Conservation Conferences and Commissions As Governor of New York As Governor of New York TR visits Naturalist John Burroughs TR visits Naturalist John Burroughs Learn more about the Antiquities Act which TR signed into law. Learn more about the Antiquities Act which TR signed into law.

33. President Wilson and The New Freedom President Roosevelt wanted to regulate (set rules) on business, President Wilson wanted to break up monopolies.

34. President Woodrow Wilson Born in the South during reconstruction (prejudice, Christian), President of Princeton University. (smart) He was a reformer who enacted key progressive legislation (RULES) that we still have today.

35. Clayton Anti-trust Act Declared certain business practices illegal and legalized labor unions Importance- unions were now allowed to strike, picket, boycott, and collect money.

36. Taxes Before Wilson government raised most of it’s money through tariffs (tax on an imported good) Problem-monopolies used tariffs to prevent competition in business. 16 th (1913) set up a graduated income tax (larger incomes are taxed at a higher % than lower incomes). Importance-income tax is how government raises most of it’s money today.

37. Federal Reserve System Divided the nation into 12 districts, each district can PRINT IT’S OWN MONEY. Importance-allowed each area of the country to have access to $ (not just financial centers/ cities- NYC)