Warm-up What problems were the Progressives trying to address?
(name 3)
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Announcements
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Question of the Day Were the Progressives successful in
protecting the workers of the time?
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Vocabulary Conservation- official supervision of rivers,
forests, and other natural resources in order to preserve and
protect them National Parks-an area of scenic beauty or historical
importance owned and maintained by the national government for the
use of the people
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Thoughts on the video What does it mean that Americas National
Parks are part of its democracy? What makes these national parks so
special?
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History of the National Parks The first National Park was
Yellowstone national park in 1872. The Federal government takes
direct control of the land to prevent miners, poachers and others
from destroying it. National parks were still more an idea than a
reality until President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt and National Parks Roosevelt was fond of the outdoors
which led to a strong commitment to conservation. In 1901 (when
Roosevelt took office) there were 45 million acres of national
parks in 1908 when he left office there were 196 million acres. In
1916 the National Park Service was founded to oversee these
lands
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National Parks today There are over 400 National Parks today.
There are 11 National park sites in the state of Maryland Over 277
million people visit national parks each year.
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Warm-up What were the main differences between Booker T.
Washington and W.E.B. Dubois?
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Announcements Quiz tomorrow Debate Test
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Quiz Review Reconstruction 13 th, 14 th, 15 th, compromise of
1877, election of 1876 Progressive Era: 16-19 th Muckrakers-Jacob
Riis, Upton Sinclair, Populists, problems facing Americans of the
time, Conservation Format: timeline, text analysis, short answer
about theme
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Question of the Day Were the Progressives successful in
protecting the workers of the time?
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Populism Use the guided notes sheet and your textbook (call to
freedom) to find out more about Populism Populism Main
Ideas-Support for Farmers William Jennings Bryan- calls for the
silver standard Sound Money- keep the gold standard to prevent
inflation
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The Situation Because politics is business. Thats whats the
matter with it. Make politics a sport, as they do in England, or a
profession, as they do in Germany, and well havewell, something
else than we have now, if we want it, which is another question.
But dont try to reform politics with the banker, the lawyer, and
the dry-goods merchant, for these are business men and there are
two great hindrances to their achievement of reform: one is that
they are different from, but no better than, the politicians; the
other is that politics is not their line. There are exceptions both
ways. Many politicians have gone out into business and done well
(Tammany ex-mayors, and nearly all the old bosses of Philadelphia
are prominent financiers in their cities), and business men have
gone into politics and done well (Mark Hanna, for example). They
havent reformed their adopted trades, however, though they have
sometimes sharpened them most pointedly. The politician is a
business man with a specialty. When a business man of some other
line learns the business of politics, he is a politician, and there
is not much reform left in him. Consider the United States Senate,
and believe me. -Lincoln Steffans from The Shame of the Cities
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Politics Politics was corrupt and run by political machines (a
party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic
group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and
administrative control of a city, county, or state.) People had
lost much of their power in politics and the Progressives fought to
get it back
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The Progressive Presidents Teddy Roosevelt the Trust Buster Wm.
Howard Taft and Dollar Diplomacy Woodrow Wilson and the New
Freedoms The Election of 1912- the high water mark of
Progressivism
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Teddy Roosevelt
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Known for. -Coal Strike of 1902 (1902) -26 th President,
1900-1908 (after McKinley was assassinated) -Founded Bull Moose
Party, 1912 Coal strike of 1902- the miners of Pennsylvania refused
to work because they had low wages, so Roosevelt stepped in to
mediate the dispute
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Progressive Problems and Solutions Bull Moose issues: -Womens
vote -Social welfare for women, children -Workers compensation -New
Nationalism: Strong government to regulate industry Square Deal:
Conservation, regulate monopolies, enforce anti-trust, Progressive
ideals Railroad regulation, conservation & natl parks
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Laws 44 suits against monopolies (Trustbuster) Pure Food and
Drug Act, 1906 Meat Inspection Act of 1906 Label food and drugs,
inspect livestock, sanitary conditions
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Can T.R. fight the Trusts?
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William Howard Taft
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Known for Dollar Diplomacy: To use the military strength of the
United States to protect private American investments abroad
(guarantees loans) 27 th President of the United States Law as a
science to solve problems
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Laws 16 th Amendment: income tax 17 th Amendment: direct
election of senators
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Woodrow Wilson
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Known for New Freedoms: Restore competition and encourage small
business, individualism Only President with PhD Womens suffrage
White supremacy
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Wilson Battles Banks Wanted bank to end its monopoly and to be
able to put more currency in market when necessary Wanted
decentralized bank in government hands 1913 Federal Reserve Act
Created Federal Reserve Board oversees regional reserve districts
and banks Each bank empowered to issue paper money if necessary
Most important piece of economic legislation between Civil War and
New Deal
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Laws Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914 18 th Amendment: prohibition
19 th Amendment: womens suffrage (the right to vote)
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The Temperance Movement This was a fight against alcohol,
because many people believed that it was to blame for societys
problems. The Temperance Movement claimed that alcohol abuse
disrupted the family and led to crime and poverty.
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Temperance Movement, 2 This movement spread and people began to
fight the serving of liquor in saloons (bars). Women led this
movement and felt most passionately about it. This led to the
passage of the 18 th Amendment in 1919 which outlawed the
manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the
US. (this was eventually repealed).
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Social Darwinism Some people still believed in the survival of
the fittest They thought that workers/city dwellers who were
strongest would be able to continue living through hardship; those
who could not handle it, would not.
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Gospel of Wealth This was supported by Andrew Carnegie, a very
rich, big- businessman. He believed in competition, and the
accumulation of wealth and private property Even though wealth and
competition might be unequal or unjust, he still supported it as,
the best and most valuable of all that humanity has yet
accomplished. Basically, people have to fend for themselves to
become rich.
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Textbook Use your textbook to define the remaining terms on
your chart. Create a symbol for each vocabulary word on your
chart.
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Your Turn Think of a meaningful place in your community and
write 1-2 paragraphs on why it should be preserved as a National
Park.
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Reflections on the Progressive Era Were Progressives successful
in ending social, political and economic problems of the time? Why
or Why not? Include information you have learned to support your
answer in a well-formed paragraph.