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Chapter 17 The Progressive Era
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Four Goals of Progressives Protecting the Social WelfareProtecting the Social Welfare Promoting moral improvementsPromoting moral improvements Creating economic reformCreating economic reform Fostering efficiencyFostering efficiency
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Social Welfare LessenLessen some of working conditions YMCAYMCA FlorenceFlorence Kelly SoupSoup Kitchens SlumSlum Brigades
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Moral Improvements ProhibitionProhibition 18 th Amendment18 th Amendment WTCU- Women's Christian Temperance UnionWTCU- Women's Christian Temperance Union Alcohol was the deterioration of AmericaAlcohol was the deterioration of America
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Confiscated Booze
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The first Bootlegger
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Economic Reform Eugene V. Debs – Formed the socialist Party to unite the workers of AmericaEugene V. Debs – Formed the socialist Party to unite the workers of America MuckrakingMuckraking Ida Tarbell attacks RockefellerIda Tarbell attacks Rockefeller
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Fostering Efficiency Fredrick TaylorFredrick Taylor “Taylorism”“Taylorism” Beginnings of Assembly line workBeginnings of Assembly line work How quickly a task could be performedHow quickly a task could be performed
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Child Labor reform
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Child Labor draws to a close National Child Labor CommitteeNational Child Labor Committee Keating Owen Act 1916 – Ended Child LaborKeating Owen Act 1916 – Ended Child Labor
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Adult Labor Restrictions Muller vs. Oregon – Limited the workday hours for women to ten hour work dayMuller vs. Oregon – Limited the workday hours for women to ten hour work day Bunting vs. Oregon – Limited the workday for men to ten hoursBunting vs. Oregon – Limited the workday for men to ten hours
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Reforming Elections Initiative Initiative - bill originated by the people Referendum Referendum – A vote on the Initiative Recall Recall – Ability to force public officials to face another election
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17 th Amendment The direct election of Senators. This allows the Senator to be free from political corruption from political bossesThe direct election of Senators. This allows the Senator to be free from political corruption from political bosses
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Women reform Domestic workersDomestic workers Higher EducationHigher Education NACW – Nation Association of Colored WomenNACW – Nation Association of Colored Women Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony Suffrage – 19 th AmendmentSuffrage – 19 th Amendment
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Upton Sinclair
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Theodore Roosevelt Rough RiderRough Rider Governor of New YorkGovernor of New York Secretary of NavySecretary of Navy Vice presidentVice president
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Rough Riders/ San Juan Hill
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Roosevelt’s Political Platform The Square Deal
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Trust busting
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Coal Miners Strike More MoneyMore Money Fewer hoursFewer hours The Right to unionizeThe Right to unionize President had the right to step inPresident had the right to step in
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Railroad Regulation Interstate Commerce ActInterstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce CommissionInterstate Commerce Commission Hepburn Act – limited the free passes issued by railroads and established the principle that the government had the right to establish RR faresHepburn Act – limited the free passes issued by railroads and established the principle that the government had the right to establish RR fares
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Health and Environment Meat Inspection ActMeat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug ActPure Food and Drug Act ConservationConservation
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Meat Inspection Act Sparked By Sinclair’s The JungleSparked By Sinclair’s The Jungle Cleanliness requirementsCleanliness requirements
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Pure Food and Drug Act Halted sale of contaminated foodHalted sale of contaminated food called for truth in labelingcalled for truth in labeling
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Conservation
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National Parks Service
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Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) was an avid sportsman, Loved to hunt and fish. On one excursion allowed a baby bear to go free, Toy makers made the stuffed animal called
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The Teddy Bear
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NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People Leaders from the Niagara Falls Convention form with white civil rights leadersLeaders from the Niagara Falls Convention form with white civil rights leaders 6,000 members6,000 members
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William Howard Taft Payne-Aldrich TariffPayne-Aldrich Tariff
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Election of 1912 Democrats wonDemocrats won Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson The last of the Progressive PresidentsThe last of the Progressive Presidents
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Wilson’s Accomplishments ClaytonClayton Anti-trust Act ProhibitsProhibits one company buying the stock of another company if doing so would create a monopoly FederalFederal Trade Commission EstablishedEstablished a watchdog agency to monitor companies trading practices FederalFederal Reserve 19 th19 th Amendment CarrieCarrie Chapman Catt
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