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Hi. 1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night . ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER! “Fix You” Coldplay Answers: B C A B A D D. Learning Goal 11. I will be able to: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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• 1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night. ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER!
• “Fix You”– Coldplay
• Answers:1. B2. C3. A4. B5. A6. D7. D
Learning Goal 11
• I will be able to:– Cite and explain the importance of examples of political
corruption during the Gilded Age (Spoils System, political machines, political bosses, Tammany Hall)
– Identify seven voting problems during the Progressive Era and six solutions proposed to fix them (16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, Direct Primary, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Wisconsin Plan)
– Summarize why these reforms were put in place
Political Corruption
Voting problems and solutions
Reasons
• Pol machine – org tried to get candidates elected; Tammany Hall in NY most famous
• Pol boss – head of machine• Strategies = stuff ballot boxes, bribes, pay voters• Spoils system – gov’t jobs given based on loyalty,
Pendleton Civil Service Act tried to fix
• Problem = gov’t has too much power, ignoring needs/wishes of the people
• Solutions = all try to empower people and give them more say
• When the people have more say, they have more power
17th Amendment – the people
Each State = 2 Senators
Pat Toomey – Republican Bob Casey – Democrat
Direct Primary – voters choose candidates for public office
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
The Wisconsin Plan
Gov’t Problems & Solutions – LG 11Problem Solution Definition/Description
Spoils System Pendleton Civil Service Act
Candidates had to take a competitive ___________________ to prove they were qualified
Gov’t providing more and needs $$
16th Amendment __________________________________________________
State gov’ts choosing Senators, bribery!
17th Amendment _______________ elect their ________________, not chosen
for them by state governments
State gov’ts and pol machines choosing candidates, more bribery
Direct Primary _____________________ choose the ____________________
to run in an election
State gov’ts not listening to needs/wishes of the people
Initiative__________________ have power to initiate new __________ and the State gov’t votes on it if they get enough signatures
State gov’ts passing unfair new laws
ReferendumState ____________ proposes new law/tax ____________ vote
State politicians unpopular, corrupt, or inept
Recall________________________ can vote out a corrupt politician
Politicians making promises. Keeping them?
Wisconsin Plan Make politicians’ votes on issues ________________________
to see if keeping promises!
Gov’t Problems & SolutionsProblem Solution Definition/Description
Spoils System Pendleton Civil Service Act
Candidates had to take a competitive exam to prove they were qualified
Gov’t providing more and needs $$
16th Amendment Federal Income Tax
State gov’ts choosing Senators, bribery!
17th Amendment People elect their Senators, not chosen for them by state
governments
State gov’ts and pol machines choosing candidates, more bribery
Direct Primary People choose the candidates to run in an election
State gov’ts not listening to needs/wishes of the people
InitiativePeople have power to initiate new laws and the State gov’t votes on it if they get enough signatures
State gov’ts passing unfair new laws
ReferendumState government proposes new law/tax and people vote
State politicians unpopular, corrupt, or inept
RecallPeople can vote out a corrupt politician
Politicians making promises. Keeping them?
Wisconsin Plan Make politicians’ votes on issues public info to see if keeping
promises!
Union Membership
Learning Goal 12
• I will be able to:– Cite examples of problems workers faced during the
Progressive Era (children’s employment, long hours, low wages, injuries on the job, company towns, scrip)
– Explain the solutions that were attempted– Summarize the response of the US Supreme Court to
worker’s rights laws and how it affected union membership
Child laborProblems
Square Deal
Working conditions
Unions
• Kids under 15 worked in factories, mills, mines• Child labor & minimum wage laws = ruled unconstitutional
b/c SC said not gov’ts job to regulate wages; if wages too low, pple should choose not to work there, but ALL paid low
• Company towns; had to live there, paid in scrip instead of real money, lasted until 1950s
• T. Roosevelt, balance needs of business, workers, & people– 1902 Coal Miner’s strike, pple w/o coal for winter, TR
encouraged arbitration or letting 3rd party decide; 1st time gov’t stepped in to help workers
– 1st to use Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break monopoly– Conservation = national parks and forests
• 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist fire – 146 women killed b/c management locked them in
• Worker’s compensation initiated - $ if hurt on the job• SC continued to rule against workers, union membership up
to help b/c gov’t wouldn’t
Triangle Shirtwaist Company – NY
PROBLEMS PEOPLE FACED SOLUTIONS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER