THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

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THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

• 1901 TO 1917

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THE ROAD TO PROGRESSIVES

• GREENBACK LABOR PARTY 1870
• POPULISM IDEAS PUSH FORWEARD

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OBJECTIVES OF THE MOVEMENT

• PROGRESSIVES WERE COMMITTED TO IMROVING SOCIETY
• THEY ACCEPT WHAT WAS GOOD ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL
  REVOLUTION

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• BUT SOUGHT TO CORRECT THE EVILS THAT CAME WITH
  IT.
• PROGRESSIVE DID NOT WANT TO RETURN TO RURAL
  AMERICA

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POLITICAL REFORMS

• END GRAFT CORRUPTION IN POLITICS
• END OPERATION OF POLITICAL MACHINES
• END BUSINESS DOMINATION OF POLITICS

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• EXPAND DIRECT DEMOCRACY
• THE CURE FOR THE PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY IS MORE
  DEMOCRACY.

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SOCIAL REFORMS

• ATTACK POVERTY AND SLUMS
• PROMOTE GREATER EQUALITY

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ECONOMIC REFORMS

• HELP FARMERS
• PROTECT WORKERS
• PROTECT CONSUMERS
• EXPAND REGULATIONS OF THE ECONOMY
• LOWER TARIFFS.

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SOURCES OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

• THE POPULISTS AND THE GRANGE MOVEMENT
• THE URBAN MIDDLE CLASS
• WORKERS AND THE LABOR MOVEMENT

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WRITERS THE MUCKRAKERS

• FRANK NORRIS THE OCTOPUS
• IDA TARBELL HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL CO.
• RAY STANNDAR BAKER RAILROADS ON TRIAL
• UPTON SINCLAIR THE JUNGLE

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• LINCOLN STEFFENS SHAME OF THE CITIES
• THEODORE DREISLER THE FINANCIER
• THE MUCKRAKERS DESCRIBED THE PROBLEMS
• THEY OFFERED FEW SOLUTIONS.

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PROGRESSIVE LEADERS

• ROBERT LA FOLLETTE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF
  WISCONSIN
• CHARLES EVANS HUGHES REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF
  N.Y.)
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT REPUBLICAN N.Y. GOVERNOR
  PRESIDENT)

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• WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT)
• WOODROW WILSON (DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT)
• NOTE THERE WERE PROGRESSIVES IN BOTH PARTIES.

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POLITICAL REFORMS

• CITY STATE ACTIONS
• DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION
• CORRUPT PRACTICES LAWS
• AUSTRALIAN BALLOT (THE SECRET BALLOT)
• INITIATIVE (DIRECT DEMOCRACY)

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• REFERENDUM
• RECALL ELECTIONS
• CITY MANAGER SYSTEM
• EXPAND CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
• WOMAN SUFFRAGE ON STATE LEVEL

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FEDERAL REFORMS

• DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS (17TH AMENDMENT,1913)
• NATIONAL WOMANS SUFFRAGE (19TH AMENDMENT, 1920)

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SOCIAL ECONOMIC REFORMS

• STATE REGULATION OF INTRASTATE COMMERCE
• PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONS
• CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWS

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• PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX (16TH AMENDMENT, 1913)
• CHILD LABOR LAWS
• MINIMUM WAGE LAWS
• HEALTH SAFETY LABOR LAWS.

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MORE ECONOMIC REFORMS

• CLAYTON ANTI TRUST ACT 1914, EXEMPTS UNIONS FROM
  ANTI TRUST ACTION / LIMITS USE OF INJUNCTIONS
• PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT 1906
• MEAT INSPECTION ACT 1906

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• HEPBURN ACT 1906
• FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT 1914, INVESTIGATE
  BUSINESS PRACTICES FALSE ADVERTISING
• COMMISSION ISSUES CEASE DESIST ORDERS

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ANTI-TRUST ACTION

• T.R.S RULE OF REASON BREAK UP BAD TRUSTS
• LEAVE GOOD TRUSTS ALONE.
• THE NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE 1902
• T R ATTACKED 40 TRUSTS

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CONSERVATION

• THE NEWLANDS ACT 1902 INCREASE NATIONAL FORESTS
  WATER PROJECTS.

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POST WORLD WAR I ERA ENDS PROGRESSIVE PERIOD