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Progressive Reforms in America: A Journey Through Local and National Changes

This overview explores the breadth of political reforms during the Progressive Era in America, emphasizing crucial initiatives at the local and state levels. Key topics include the introduction of city managers, reforms in child labor and safety, the direct election of senators through the 17th Amendment, and suffrage movements led by women like Susan B. Anthony. It also highlights Franklin D. Roosevelt's Square Deal and the significant regulatory legislation such as the Meat Inspection Act. The era's complexities are illustrated by Winston's backward steps in civil rights and the eventual waning of the Progressive movement.

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Progressive Reforms in America: A Journey Through Local and National Changes

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  1. Political Reforms • Local Level • City Mangers/Commissions, new mayors. • State Level • Protect Working Children • Limit Work Hours, Improve Safety • Elections: Initiative, Referendum, Recall • 17th Amend.: Direct Election of Senators

  2. Women Lead Reform • More Women in the Workplace. • More Women in College • Women Fight for Suffrage • Susan B. Anthony • 3 Part Strategy • State Legislatures • Supreme Court • Constitution

  3. Roosevelt’s Square Deal • Popular, Rough-Riding President. • Appeals to Common People • Trustbusting President. (Regulation) • Regulated Health (The Jungle) • Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act • Environment (Conservation, Reserves) • Civil Rights • Supported Individuals not the Race as a whole.

  4. Taft Stumbles • Goes backwards in reforms. • Supported Anti-Reform Candidates • Held Back AZ statehood! • Teddy comes back (Bull Moose Party) • Republicans Split vote. • Dem Wilson wins 1912 election!

  5. Wilson • Financial Reforms • Clayton Antitrust Act, Federal Trade Comm. • Federal Income Tax, Federal Reserve System • 19th Amendment: Women’s Suffrage • Wilson goes backwards in Civil Rights. • Progressive Era ends with Wilson.

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