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The Progressive Movement Chapters 18-19 1900-1920
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Big Problems Facing America in the late 1800’s
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u Rise in Cities…Jobs u Problems with Cities u Developments –Transportation, Sanitation u Patterns of Urban Growth
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u Ellis Island u Nativism
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Urban Politics u Political Machines (Bosses) –Tammany Hall
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What is Progressivism? u Progressivism v. Populism –Cities, Middle Class, Educated, Moderate u Success u Goals & Effects
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City and State Government Reforms u City Level –City Commission and City Manager u State Level –Initiative, Referendum, Primary System
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Business Regulations u Business License u Public Utilities Commission u Courts gave support
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Constitutional Amendments u 16 - Federal Income Tax u 17 - Direct Election of Senators
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Constitutional Amendments u 18 - Prohibition u 19 - Women’s Suffrage
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Teddy Roosevelt (R) u Background u Square Deal –Trustbusting –Coal Miners Strike –Meat Inspection Act –Pure Food and Drug Act
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William Howard Taft (R) u Background u Problems –Tariff Issue –House Problems u Advances
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Election of 1912 u Taft - (Rep) u Roosevelt - Progressive Party (Bull Moose) u Woodrow Wilson -(Dem)
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Woodrow Wilson (D) u “New Freedom” Reforms –Underwood Tariff –Federal Reserve Act –Clayton Antitrust Act
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Progressive Failures u Child Labor Laws u Discrimination –Jim Crow = Segregation –Booker T. Washington –W.E.B. DuBois
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u Reserved Land u National Conservation Com. u National Park Service
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