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MuckrakersTriangle FireGalveston Hurricane of 1900Progressive State Reforms16th AmendmentElection of 1912Federal ReserveJim Crow (caution: graphic images)

Women’s Suffrage Movement

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Upton Sinclair

Progressive writer – expose on meat packing industry in US

The Jungle (1906) was an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies.

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Socialists in the United States wanted:

End of capitalism Distribute wealth Government ownership of

industries

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Florence Kelley

Leader in area of work reform: Prohibit child labor Regulate sweatshops Limit hours of work

for women

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Mother Jones

Irish immigrant who was inspired by her own personal convictions and tragedies.

Organized unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado.

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What was a “muckraker”?

Muckraker is a name that was first given to American writers in the early 20th century who exposed corruption and scandals in business and politics.

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Ida Tarbell

• Famous exposé of the Standard Oil Company and its executive, John D. Rockefeller

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Lincoln Steffens• Investigative

reporter, Steffens first and most noted book, The Shame of the Cities, dealt with political decay in America.

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911

146 workers died in an unsafe factory when a fire broke out.

The doors were locked and many women jumped to their deaths.

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More Power to Voters

Direct PrimaryVoters select party candidate

InitiativeVoters put bill on ballot

ReferendumVoters approve/reject a law

passed by legislature

RecallRemove elected official before

term is up

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16th Amendment

• The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

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Tax Rates today…

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William Howard Taft (27)

• Only person to serve in all 3 Branches of Federal Government:– House of Reps– President– Chief Justice of

Supreme Court

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Woodrow Wilson (28)

• Progressive Governor of New Jersey

• President of Princeton University

• Wins election because Republicans were split

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What did the Federal Reserve Board create?

A nationwide system of 12 regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank.

These banks had the power to issue paper money.

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Jim Crow

• After the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South lost their hard-won political rights.

• Jim Crow (segregation) became a fact of life in the South.

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Lynching

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Woman’s Suffrage

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The Leaders….

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Next generation of leaders…

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Protest at White House…

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