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Chapter 9 The Progressive Era Part 1 Pages 306-312
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Terms to Know Progressive Movement Florence Kelley Prohibition Muckraker Scientific management Robert M. La Follette
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Terms to know (continued) Initiative Referendum Recall Seventeenth Amendment
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Progressivism 1898 Gold found in Alaska Inflation Crop Failures in Europe American Farmers sold their surplus to Europe =Farm prices up!
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The Economy And Society Review before 1898 After 1898: a new generosity of spirit Inspired reform The Black man did not benefit much
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4 Goals of the Progressives Social Reform: Social Gospel Movement, Settlement Houses, Child Labor, Florence Kelley Moral Reform: Prohibition, Crime Economic Reform: Unions, Socialism, abuse of Big Business Promote Efficiency: Scientific Management (Taylorism)
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Reform and Government 3 Levels: Municipal State Nationsl
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Municipal Gas and water socialism Corruption (the Party Boss System (the Political Machine Sanitation Building codes, insurance laws, transportation, water, etc
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State Level Governor La Follette Wisconsin Teddy Roosevelt New York Governor Wilson New Jersey
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State Child Labor Laws Attempts to limit child labor or hours for women were struck down by the Court Keating-Owen Act Muller v Oregon
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Electoral Reform Initiative: When a citizen can introduce a law to the State Legislature Referendum: a popular vote or to vote on an issue at a later date Recall: To remove someone from office before the term is completed
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Amendment 17 The most progressive of all progressive issues Direct election of Senators
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