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SECTION The Origins of Progressivism1
SECTION Women in Public Life2
SECTION Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal 3
SECTION Progressivism Under Taft4
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SECTION Wilson’s New Freedom5
The Progressive Era
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVE
To explain how the progressive movement managed to increase the power of government to regulate business and to protect society from the injustices fostered by big business
The Progressive Era
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What kinds of actions can bring about social change? Examine the Issues
It is the dawn of the 20th century, and the reform movement is growing. Moral reformers are trying to ban alcoholic beverages. Political reformers work toward fair government and business practices. Women fight for equal wages and the right to vote. Throughout society, social and economic issues take center stage.
• How can individuals bring about change in their government?• What types of actions might pressure big business to change?
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• How might reformers recruit others?
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The United States The World
1896 William McKinley is elected president.
1889 Eiffel Tower opens for visitors.
1898 Marie Curie discovers radium.
1908 William H. Taft is elected president.
1909 W. E. B. Du Bois helps found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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1900 William McKinley is reelected.
1901 McKinley is assassinated; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.
1901 Commonwealth of Australia is created.
1904 Theodore Roosevelt is elected president.
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1899 Boer War in South Africa begins.
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1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected president.
1913 China’s Qin Dynasty topples.
1914 World War I begins in Europe.
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1916 Woodrow Wilson is reelected.
1918 Eighteenth Amendment outlaws alcoholic beverages.
1918 Mohandas Gandhi becomes leader of the independence movement in India.
1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote.
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1910 Mexican revolution begins.
1The Origins of Progressivism
Social and economic changes during the late 19th century create broad reform movements in American society.
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Political, economic, and social change in late 19th century America led to broad progressive reforms.
Progressive reforms such as labor and voting rights have helped to make life in America what it is today.
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• Florence Kelley
• prohibition
• referendum
• Robert M. La Follette
• progressive movement
• scientific management
• Seventeenth Amendment
• recall
• initiative
• muckraker
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1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. List examples of organizations that worked for reform in the four areas named.
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• American Socialist Party
• muckrakers
• WCTU• Anti-Saloon League
• National Child Labor Committee
• YMCA• Salvation Army
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2. In what ways might Illinois, Wisconsin, and Oregon all be considered trailblazers in progressive reform?Think About:
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Reforms first instituted in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Oregon soon spread to other states:• Illinois—prohibition of child labor and limit of women’s working hours• Wisconsin—regulation of big business and adoption of the direct primary• Oregon—adoption of the secret ballot, the initiative, the referendum,
and the recall
• legislative and electoral reforms at the state level• the leadership of William U’Ren and Robert La Follette • Florence Kelley’s appointment as chief inspector of
factories for Illinois
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2Women in Public Life
Many of the social and economic changes giving rise to progressivism lead women into public life as reformers and workers.
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As a result of social and economic change, many women entered public life as workers and reformers.
Women won new opportunities in labor and education that are enjoyed today.
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• NAWSA
• suffrage
• Susan B. Anthony• NACW
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1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. For each category in the chart, provide details about working women in the late 1800s.
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Women Workers:Late 1800s
Farm Women Domestic Workers Factory Workers White-Collar Workers
Domestic work and farm labor
Servants, cooks, laundresses, maids; often African Americans or immigrants
Manufacturing, garment trades; often single women
Stenographers, typists, bookkeepers, teachers; required high school or business degree
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2. What women and movements during the Progressive Era helped dispel the stereotype that women were submissive and nonpolitical?
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Women speaking out on reform subjects, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Julia Ward Howe, and organizations such as NAWSA and the NACW
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3. Why do you think some colleges refused to accept women in the late 19th century?
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Many people believed that a woman’s place was in the home and that higher education should be reserved for men.
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4. Imagine you are a woman during the Progressive Era. Explain how you might recruit other women to support the following causes: improving education, housing reform, food and drug laws, the right to vote. Think About:
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Public demonstrations, soliciting with flyers and information, and public speaking were ways to inform other women and gain their support. Winning the right to vote would give women a voice in governing. Higher education would allow women to secure better jobs.
• the problems that each movement was trying to remedy
• how women benefited from each cause
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3Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt pursues a reform agenda known as the Square Deal. His energetic style contributes to the emergence of the modern presidency.
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• Upton Sinclair
• Theodore Roosevelt
• conservation
• Meat Inspection Act
• Pure Food and Drug Act
• The Jungle
• Square Deal
• NAACP
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As president, Theodore Roosevelt worked to give citizens a Square Deal through progressive reforms.
As part of his Square Deal, Roosevelt’s conservation efforts made a permanent impact on environmental resources.
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1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. Explain how the following problems were addressed during Roosevelt’s presidency.
Northern Securities Company monopoly
Federal arbitration
Supreme Court’s dissolution of the Northern Securities Company
Passage of the Meat Inspection Act
1902 coal strike
Unsafe meat processing
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Problems Solutions
Exploitation of the environment Legislation to protect the environment
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2. In what ways do you think the progressive belief in using experts played a role in shaping Roosevelt’s reforms? Think About:
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Roosevelt used an arbitration commission to mediate the 1902 coal strike and appointed experts to investigate the meatpacking industry. Dr. Wiley, chief chemist at the Department of Agriculture, helped get the Pure Food and Drug Act passed. Gifford Pinchot, a professional conservationist, headed the United States Forest Service. continued . . .
• Roosevelt’s use of experts to help him tackle political, economic, and environmental problems
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• how experts’ findings affected legislative actions
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3. Research the coal strike of 1902. Do you think Roosevelt’s intervention was in favor of the strikers or of the mine operators? Why?
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POSSIBLE RESPONSE:Roosevelt did not take sides with the mine workers or the mine owners. Rather he called both participants to the White House to work out their differences. When the owners appeared unwilling to compromise, Roosevelt said that the government would take over the mines.
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4. Why did W. E. B. Du Bois oppose Booker T. Washington’s views on racial discrimination?
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Du Bois viewed Washington as too accommodating of segregationists. Du Bois wanted immediate equality.
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4Progressivism Under Taft
William H. Taft pursues a more cautious progressive program during his one term as president.
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• Payne-Aldrich Tariff
• Woodrow Wilson
• William Howard Taft• Gifford Pinchot
• Bull Moose Party
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Taft’s ambivalent approach to progressive reform led to a split in the Republican Party and the loss of the presidency to the Democrats.
Third-party candidates continue to wrestle with how to become viable candidates.
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1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. List the causes Taft supported that made people question his leadership.
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Result: Taft’s Difficultiesin Office
Signed the Payne-Aldrich Tariff amid public outcry
Returned reserved land to public sale
Fired Pinchot Supported Joseph Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Cause Cause Cause Cause CauseContributed to the split in the Republican Party
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2. What if Roosevelt had won another term in office in 1912? Speculate on how this might have affected the future of progressive reforms. Think About:
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Unlike Taft, Roosevelt would probably not have given in to the conservatives in the Republican Party, and his reform policies would have been strong. Roosevelt would probably have reversed Taft’s less progressive policies and decisions in an attempt to restore a stronger government role in public affairs.
• Roosevelt’s policies that Taft did not support• the power struggles within the Republican Party• Roosevelt’s perception of what is required of a president
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3. Both Roosevelt and Taft resorted to mudslinging during the 1912 presidential campaign. Do you approve or disapprove of negative campaign tactics?
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POSSIBLE RESPONSES:• Approve: Negative campaign tactics often help candidates
win votes, and these tactics can get to the heart of key issues.
• Disapprove: Negative campaign tactics can alienate the public, cause candidates to lose votes, and encourage dishonesty.
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5Wilson’s New Freedom
Woodrow Wilson claims the presidency as a progressive leader and establishes a strong reform agenda.
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• Clayton Antitrust Act
• Carrie Chapman Catt
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Nineteenth Amendment
• Federal Reserve System
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Woodrow Wilson established a strong reform agenda as a progressive leader.
The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment during Wilson’s administration granted women the right to vote.
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1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. List some key events relating to Progressivism during Wilson’s first term. Use the dates already plotted on the time line below as a guide.
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1. NAWSA protests on Wilson’s inauguration day.2. The Federal Reserve Act is passed.
1. Federal Trade Act establishes the Federal Trade Commission.2. Clayton Antitrust Act strengthens the Sherman Antitrust Act.3. African American delegation confronts Wilson on his segregation policies.
1. Suffragists picket the Democratic Party convention.
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2. Wilson said, “Without the watchful . . . resolute interference of the government, there can be no fair play between individuals and . . . the trusts.” How does this statement reflect Wilson’s approach to reform? Think About:
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Wilson believed the exploitative practices of big businesses threatened the freedom of consumers and workers. He thought that the government had the responsibility to safeguard public welfare. continued . . .
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• the government’s responsibility to the public• the passage of two key antitrust measures
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3. Why do you think Wilson failed to push for equality for African Americans, despite his progressive reforms? Think About:
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Wilson, like Roosevelt and Taft, pushed aggressively for economic and political reforms but retreated on civil rights issues. Swayed by his southern upbringing and the support of northern whites, Wilson refused to expand the civil rights of African Americans.
• progressive presidents before Wilson• Wilson’s background
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• the primary group of people progressive reforms targeted
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