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The Era of Progressivism

1873. 1920. The Era of Progressivism. MAIN THEMES That all progressives shared an optimistic vision that an active government could solve socioeconomic problems and create a better, more ordered and efficient world.

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The Era of Progressivism

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  1. 1873 1920 The Era of Progressivism

  2. MAIN THEMES • That all progressives shared an optimistic vision that an active government could solve socioeconomic problems and create a better, more ordered and efficient world. • That progressives wanted to reduce the influence of party machines on politics. • How the temperance, immigration restriction, and woman suffrage movements took on crusade-like aspects. • How progressivism was a reaction to the rapid industrialization and urbanization of the United States in the late nineteenth century. • The importance of political leadership for the progressive movement. • That American foreign policy became much more interventionist, especially in the Caribbean.

  3. PROGRESSIVISM CivilRights Suffragettes Muckrackers Temperance Labor Unions MidclassWomen Popul ists Goo Goos

  4. The Rise of Progressivism • The Progressive Impulse • The Muckrakers and the Social Gospel • Charles Francis Adams • Lincoln Steffens • Ida Tarbell • The Allure of Expertise • Scientific Analysis Management • “Taylorism” • Thorstein Veblen

  5. The Rise of Progressivism • The Progressive Impulse • The Professions • 1895 National Association of Manufactures • 1901 -American Medical Association – 1901 • 1916 – 48 States with Bar Associations • Other • Military Eduction • Education • American Association of University Professors

  6. The Rise of Progressivism • The Assault on the Parties • Early Attacks • Split Tickets • Election reform • Statehouse Progressivism • Initiatives & Referendums • Robert LaFollette

  7. Voter Participation

  8. Other Sources of Progressive Reform • Labor, the Machine, and Reform Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911

  9. The Rise of Progressivism • Sources of Progressive Reform • African Americans and Reform • 1905 – Niagara Movement (WEB Du Dois) • 1909 - NAACP

  10. The Rise of Progressivism • Crusades for Order and Reform • The Temperance Crusade Frances Willard 1839-1898 Carry A. Nation 1846-1911

  11. “REALLY” RADICAL WOMEN Fanny Wright 1795-1852 Margaret Sanger 1879-1966 Victoria Woodhull 1838-1927

  12. Crusades for Order and Reform • Immigration Restriction

  13. The Rise of Progressivism • Crusades for Order and Reform • The Dream of Socialism • Socialist Party strength • “Wobblies” • William Haywood

  14. Crusades for Order and Reform • Decentralization and Regulation • Louis D. Brandeis • Good Vs. Bad trusts • Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Presidency • The Square Deal • Interstate Commerce Acts • Pure Food and Drug Acts • Labor legislation • The Troubled Succession • Spreading Insurgency • Progressive dominance • Anti-Trust legislation • La Follette’s downfall

  15. Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom

  16. Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom • Income Tax – XVI Ammendment • Continued Segregation • Keating-Owen Act

  17. The Rise of Progressivism • Debating the Past: PROGRESSIVISM

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