1. The Era of Progressivism 18731920

2. MAIN THEMES 1.That all progressives shared an optimistic vision that an active government could solve socioeconomic problems and create a better, more ordered and efficient world. 2.That progressives wanted to reduce the influence of party machines on politics. 3.How the temperance, immigration restriction, and woman suffrage movements took on crusade-like aspects. 4.How progressivism was a reaction to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States in the late nineteenth century. 5.The importance of political leadership for the progressive movement. 6. That American foreign policy became much more interventionist, especially in the Caribbean.

3. MuckrackersMuckrackers GooGoosGooGoos TemperanceTemperance SuffragettesSuffragettes PopulistsPopulists MidclassWomenMidclassWomen LaborUnionsLaborUnions CivilRightsCivilRights

4. The Rise of Progressivism The Progressive Impulse –The Muckrakers and the Social Gospel Charles Francis Adams Lincoln Steffens Ida Tarbell –The Allure of Expertise Scientific Analysis Management “Taylorism” Thorstein Veblen

5. The Rise of Progressivism The Progressive Impulse –The Professions 1895 National Association of Manufactures 1901 -American Medical Association – 1901 1916 – 48 States with Bar Associations Other –Military Eduction –Education »American Association of University Professors

6. The Rise of Progressivism The Assault on the Parties –Early Attacks Split Tickets Election reform –Statehouse Progressivism Initiatives & Referendums Robert LaFollette

7. Voter Participation

8. Other Sources of Progressive Reform –Labor, the Machine, and Reform Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911

9. The Rise of Progressivism Sources of Progressive Reform –African Americans and Reform 1905 – Niagara Movement (WEB Du Dois) 1909 - NAACP

10. The Rise of Progressivism Crusades for Order and Reform –The Temperance Crusade Frances Willard 1839-1898 Carry A. Nation 1846-1911

11. Fanny Wright 1795-1852 Margaret Sanger 1879-1966 Victoria Woodhull 1838-1927 “REALLY” RADICAL WOMEN

12. Crusades for Order and Reform –Immigration Restriction

13. The Rise of Progressivism Crusades for Order and Reform –The Dream of Socialism Socialist Party strength “Wobblies” William Haywood

15. Crusades for Order and Reform –Decentralization and Regulation Louis D. Brandeis Good Vs. Bad trusts Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Presidency –The Square Deal Interstate Commerce Acts Pure Food and Drug Acts Labor legislation The Troubled Succession –Spreading Insurgency Progressive dominance Anti-Trust legislation La Follette’s downfall

16. Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom

17. Income Tax – XVI Ammendment Continued Segregation Keating-Owen Act

18. The Rise of Progressivism Debating the Past: PROGRESSIVISM