US History Chapter 17: The Progressive Movement

Origins of Progressivism

Wanted to return government control back to the people and restore economic opportunity

Correct injustices in American life

Goals of the Progressive Movement

1. Protect social welfare (social gospel, YMCA)

2. Protect moral improvement (prohibition, 18th Amendment - banned alcohol)

3. Create economic reform (Muckrakers - journalist who exposed big business corruption)

4. Foster Efficiency (Henry Ford - made automobile model T, worker reform, teetotaler, 8 hour days, $5 per day)

Initiative

Bill originating from the people, not gov’t

Referendum

Vote on the initiative

Recall

Voters could remove public officials who were corrupt

17th Amendment

Made it so people could vote on senator rather than wealthy gov’t officials who USED to appoint them

Suffrage

The right to vote

Women in Public Life

Women were advocating for suffrage

Suffragist

Women who advocated for their suffrage

Susan B Anthony

Most famous suffragist

Persuasion Tactic of Women

Went from trying to persuade with “you can vote, we should too” to “we should vote to help the family and betterment of society”

19th Amendment

1919 passed, gave women the right to vote

World War I

1918-1919 → 18th and 19th amendment passed

Theodore Roosevelt

Asthmatic and sickly, prominent and rich family, wife and mother died on the same day, gave away his daughter and bought a ranch in North Dakota, COWBOY lifestyle, rough living, elected 1901 and started using his bully pulpit

Bully Pulpit

Roosevelt used this to bully congress to do what he wants them to do

Bully into getting his way

Square deal

Term used to describe Roosevelt’s various progressive reforms

Believed it was the federal government’s response to take care of the national welfare

“The jungle”

Work that inspired teddy roosevelt, exposed horrible conditions of the meatpacking industry and followed immigrants, written by Upton Sinclair

Meat inspection act

Government had to regulate quality of meat

Pure food and drug act

Halted sale of contaminated food

Three C’s of Theodore Roosevelt

Conservation protecting the wildernesd, Corporations, Consumers taking care of the consumer

Trustbusting

Roosevelt becomes known trustbuster, thinks some are good and some are bad, breaking down of evil big business

Rational use

Protect land yet rationally use

William Howard Taft

President in 1908, didn’t carry out Roosevelt wishes

Three Choices for president 1912

William Howard Taft→ Republican

Woodrow Wilson → Democratic

Theodore Roosevelt → Bull Moose

Why did Taft make Roosevelt angry?

Taft messed with US Steel

New nationalism

Stronger government to control big business, Teddy Roosevelt

New freedom

Get rid of all big business, Woodrow Wilson

Triple Walls of Privilege

Wanted to get rid of tariffs, wanted to control big business,

Clayton Anti-Trusts act

Get fair of trusts and unfair business practices (monopolies)

Federal Trade Commission

Looked for unfair businesses to prosecute

Federal Reserve Act

12 different regions of US, each one had decentralized (worked with government) bank, helped put money into circulation

WRITE OUT: How did the government change during the progressive era? Why is that important?

Women could vote; they got a say in government choices and could have an influence

They took away alcohol; realized it was a mistake and repealed it 12 years later