1. Politics Unit

2. Why were politics in the 1800s so corrupt?  Spoils System Patronage  Political Machines

3. Who were the Populists?  Agrarian movement  Wanted to add urban working classes, too

4. What did the Populists believe?  Populist Party Platform Populist Party Platform Currency backed by silver Graduated income tax Limited government National ownership of railroads, telephones, and telegraphs

5. Who were the Progressive Presidents, and when did they serve?  Theodore Roosevelt  1901-1909

6. Who were the Progressive Presidents, and when did they serve?  William Howard Taft  1909-1913

7. Who were the Progressive Presidents, and when did they serve?  Woodrow Wilson  1913-1921

8. What did the Progressives believe?  Protecting Social Welfare  Promoting Moral Improvement  Creating Economic Reform  Fostering Efficiency

9. Why did the Progressives feel they had to act?  Terrible working conditions

10. Why did the Progressives feel they had to act?  Terrible living conditions

11. What actions did the Progressives take?  Nicenet Response Nicenet Response  Trustbusting  Workplace Reforms  Women’s Rights  Conservation

12. Who were the 1920s Presidents, and when did they serve?  Warren Harding  1921-1923

13. Who were the 1920s Presidents, and when did they serve?  Calvin Coolidge  1923-1929

14. Who were the 1920s Presidents, and when did they serve?  Herbert Hoover  1929-1933

15. What did the 1920s Presidents believe?  Pro-business  “Less government in business and more business in government.” – Harding

16. What actions did the 1920s Presidents take?  Lax rules on credit and banking and such  Lower taxes on upper classes  Voluntary cooperation in response to Great Depression

17. Who were the New Deal Presidents, and when did they serve?  Franklin Delano Roosevelt  1933-1945

18. What actions did the New Deal Presidents take?  Need a new conception of government  Government provides help to those in need

19. What actions did New Deal Presidents take?  Agencies and Programs Agricultural Adjustment Act Civilian Conservation Corps Federal Deposit Insurance Company Social Security National Recovery Act

20. Bibliography  Slide 2: http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Sintros3/SpoilsSystem/Boss_Tweed.JPGhttp://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/Sintros3/SpoilsSystem/Boss_Tweed.JPG  Slide 3: http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/media/0601_030301.jpghttp://www.nebraskastudies.org/0600/media/0601_030301.jpg  Slide 5: http://runningthroughrain.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/teddy-roosevelt.jpghttp://runningthroughrain.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/teddy-roosevelt.jpg  Slide 6: http://www.iowanationalguard.com/museum/cdstory/cdstory/ImageArchives/jb_reform_taft _1_e.jpg http://www.iowanationalguard.com/museum/cdstory/cdstory/ImageArchives/jb_reform_taft _1_e.jpg  Slide 7: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/reform/jb_reform_wilson_1_e.jpghttp://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/reform/jb_reform_wilson_1_e.jpg  Slide 9: http://www.rothcpa.com/archives/misc/Child%20Labor.jpg and http://www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/m197701830037.jpghttp://www.rothcpa.com/archives/misc/Child%20Labor.jpg http://www.geh.org/fm/lwhprints/m197701830037.jpg  Slide 10: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/photos/images/riis4.gifhttp://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/photos/images/riis4.gif  Slide 12: http://www.visitingdc.com/images/warren-harding-picture.jpghttp://www.visitingdc.com/images/warren-harding-picture.jpg  Slide 13: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Calvin_Coolidge,_bw_head_and_sho ulders_photo_portrait_seated,_1919.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Calvin_Coolidge,_bw_head_and_sho ulders_photo_portrait_seated,_1919.jpg  Slide 14: http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/h-hoover.jpghttp://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/h-hoover.jpg  Slide 17: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/trebor007/fdr.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/trebor007/fdr.jpg  Slide 18: http://lawsandacts.com/i/laa/img0005.jpghttp://lawsandacts.com/i/laa/img0005.jpg