3-2-1 Jim Crow and Progressives

3 important people and why they are important2 organizations from this time period and their purpose1 way Progressives attempted to progress society

Political Reforms in the Cities and StatesChanges in Voter Participation

Direct Primaries- candidates are chosen by party members voting instead of by party bossesDirect election of U.S. Senators- the 17th Amendment required direct election of SenatorsInitiative, Referendum, Recall- – Initiative- voters can force a bill to

be considered– Referendum- Voters directly decide

on a proposed law– Recall- Voters can remove corrupt or

unsatisfactory politicians

Is it possible for a president to win the popular vote and

lose the election?????

TenementsThese were crowded apartment buildings with poor standards of sanitation, safety, and comfort.As numerous tenements were built in an area it would become a slum.Disease and fire were constant threats.

Jacob RiisRiis was a writer who documented the tenement conditions in his book, How the Other Half Lives.Due to the graphic nature of his writing and the pictures he had of the tenements, he was able to get New York State to pass the first laws to improve tenements.

Child labor

Shoeshine boys

Child labor

Bowling pin boys

Child labor

Coal miner boys

Child labor

Young miner

Girls were preferred over boys. They were paid less, had smaller hands.

During the Industrial Revolution, children were employed in factories and worked long hours. This photo by noted American photographer Lewis Hine shows young boys working at a spinning machine. Hines’ photographs led to the passing of the first child-labor laws.

Tenements

This bathroom was used by 6 families.

Story of US

Conservation vs. Environmentalism

Conservation- to maximize the long-term economic benefits of natural resources. (Championed by Teddy Roosevelt)Environmentalism- Nature was sacred and humans are intruders who should look but not develop.

What resulted from the outrage caused by the publication of Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle?A. The book was banned from libraries.B. There was a backlash against labor union

organizers.C. There were further restrictions placed on

civil liberties.D. The federal government began oversight of

the meat-packing industry.

What role did Jane Addams play in the Progressive Era?A. She provided nursing care to tenement

dwellers in New York City.B. She helped lobby for the Seventeenth

Amendment.C. She focused on the needs of poor people

living in Chicago.D. She formed the Women’s Trade Union

League (WTUL)

Ida Tarbell is best described as aA. Social worker.B. Muckraker.C. Progressive politician.D. Founding member of the NAACP.

Muckrakers, like Ida Tarbell, hoped toA. Oversee the Tennessee Valley AuthorityB. Stop ratification of the Eighteenth

AmendmentC. Expose abuses in business and corruption in

politicsD. Improve methods of mass production

The Seventeenth Amendment calls for the election of United States senators byA. The people.B. State legislators.C. Only other senators.D. Registered progressives.

Which of the following progressive reforms allows voters to accept or reject legislative proposals?A. RecallB. InitiativeC. ReferendumD. Seventeenth Amendment