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The Roots of Progressivism

The Roots of Progressivism. Ch 5.1. Monday, F ebruary 27, 2012. Daily goal: Understand what is a muckraker, who was Jacob Riis and what book he wrote. Understand how direct primary, initiative, referendum and recall changed gov’t . Think About it…

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The Roots of Progressivism

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  1. The Roots of Progressivism Ch 5.1

  2. Monday, February 27, 2012 • Daily goal: • Understand what is a muckraker, who was Jacob Riis and what book he wrote. • Understand how direct primary, initiative, referendum and recall changed gov’t. • Think About it… • Do you think it is the government’s responsibility to aid the poor?

  3. WHAT WAS PROGRESSIVISM? • MANY HISTORIANS BELIEVE IT WAS THE URBAN COUNTERPART TO RURAL POPULISM • IT CAN ALSO BE DEFINED AS THE BEGINNING OF MODERN “LIBERALISM” • LIBERALS/PROGRESSIVES BELIEVED: • THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVE • SOCIAL PROBLEMS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION • PUBLIC FUNDS SHOULD BE USED TO ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS

  4. MOVEMENTS THAT LED TO PROGRESSIVISM WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE NEW INTEREST IN THE POOR CHARITY GOOD GOVERNMENT SOCIAL GOSPEL SETTLEMENT HOUSES ORIGINS OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

  5. Immigration restrictions Prohibition Political reform End to white slavery, prostitution, and sweat shops End of child labor PROGRESSIVISM Americanization of immigrants Anti-trust legislation Rate regulation of private utilities End of urban political machines Women’s suffrage

  6. Progressivism • Not a tightly organized movement, but it had many ideas to fix the problems which faced America.

  7. JACOB RIIS: DOCUMENTED POVERTY AND HOPELESSNESS Jacob Riis

  8. Evicted

  9. Muckrakers • Journalists who investigated to expose social conditions and political corruption. • Jacob Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives which described disease, poverty and crime in NY immigrant neighborhoods.

  10. The corruption was breathtaking in its breadth and boldness. A carpenter was paid $360,751 ($4.9 million in 2004 dollars) for one month's labor in a building with very little woodwork. A furniture contractor received $179,729 ($2.5 million) for three tables and 40 chairs. And the plasterer, A Tammany functionary, Andrew J. Garvey, got $133,187 ($1.82 million) for two days' work; his business acumen earned him the sobriquet "The Prince of Plasterers." Tweed personally profited from a financial interest in a Massachusetts quarry which provided the courthouse's marble. When a committee investigated why it took so long to build the courthouse, it spent $7,718 (roughly $105,000 today) to print its report. The printing company was owned by Tweed.

  11. Commission Plan • Divided city gov’t into several depts. Helped stop corruption.

  12. PROGRESSIVE REFORMS ON THE STATE LEVEL ROBERT La FOLLETTE AND THE WISCONSIN IDEA

  13. Robert La Follette • Progressive Governor of Wisconsin nicknamed the “laboratory of democracy” for all its new ideas.

  14. Power to the People! • Direct primary- voters, not politicians would select which candidate would run in the election. • Initiative- voters can propose laws. • Referendum-proposed laws submitted to voters for approval. • Recall- voters can remove elected officials from office.

  15. ALICE PAUL AND LUCY BURNS ORGANIZED A PROTEST PARADE TO COINCIDE WITH PRESIDENT WILSON’S INAUGURATION IN MARCH 1913

  16. Women’s Suffrage • Alice Paul led the Women’s Suffrage movement. • The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lysWbzQyiWw&feature=related

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