1. The Progressive Movement

2. Why the Progressive Movement? Progressives wanted to:
Protect social welfare
Promote moral improvement
Create economic reform
Foster efficiency

3. Progressives Philosophies Actions * Populists *Labor Leaders
People
Philosophies
Actions
* Populists
*Labor Leaders
*Social Reformers
*Middle-class
*Women
*College-educated
*Fight Against Poverty
*Regulate Corporations
*Make Social Reforms
*End Corruption in Government
*Progress
*Science
*Active Government
*Technology
*Protestant Moral Values

4. Accomplishments of Progressives
Local Level
State Level
Federal Level
Commission System
Direct Primary
Pure Food &Drug
Act
Initiative
City Manager Plan
Meat Inspection Act
Referendum
Interstate Commerce
Commission
Recall

5. Served in Congress before running for governor of Wisconsin in 1900.
Robert M. La Follete:
Served in Congress before running for governor of Wisconsin in 1900.
He targeted big business and forced them out of politics.

6. Muckraker
A journalist who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s.

7. This muckraker exposed the meat packing industry.
The Jungle by
Upton Sinclair
This muckraker exposed the meat packing industry.
Because of him we learned about all the tasty tidbits they put in our breakfast sausage.

8. Banned impure or mislabeled
Pure Food &Drug Act
1906
Banned impure or mislabeled
foods and drugs.

9. 1906 Provided for federal meat inspection. (No more rats!)
Meat Inspection Act
Provided for federal
meat inspection.
(No more rats!)
1906

10. W.E.B. DuBois:
African American leader who helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) in This organization fought for equality and against discrimination.

11. So, what was going on in the political world?

12. 1896 - William McKinley elected president (R)
McKinley re-elected
McKinley assassinated. Vice President Teddy Roosevelt becomes youngest president ever to serve office.
T.R. elected president (R)
William Howard Taft elected president (R)
way race for president. Woodrow Wilson (D) wins.

13. Presidential Election
The 1912
Presidential Election
The Republican Candidate:
William Howard Taft
The Progressive Candidate:
Theodore Roosevelt (a.k.a. TR)
The Democratic Candidate:
Woodrow Wilson
The Socialist Candidate:
Eugene V. Debs

14. Teddy Roosevelt
Served 2 Terms as President
Took over after Mckinley was assassinated.
Was known as a Roughrider during the SAW.

15. "Square Deal" TRUSTBUSTER
The policy under Teddy Roosevelt said that if you were a good trust and allowed the federal government to regulate your actions, you were left alone.
If you were a bad trust and ignored the federal government, then Teddy Roosevelt busted up the trust into a bunch of smaller businesses.
“Speak softly and
carry a big
stick!”
TRUSTBUSTER

16. Hepburn Act
1906
Along with the Interstate Commerce Commission & the Sherman Antitrust Act, this Act allowed the government to regulate the railroads by allowing the ICC to set maximum railroad rates.

17. To use limited resources wisely. To keep something as it is.
Conservation
To use limited resources wisely.
Preservation
To keep something as it is.

18. RESERVOIR

19. Gifford Pinchot, who was the chief adviser to TR on natural resources in this country, favored using federally controlled lands for parks and refuges. He also believed that natural resources on the land should be used productively.

20. Restore dry western lands back to productivity through irrigation
National Reclamation Act
1902
Restore dry western lands back to productivity through irrigation

21. John Muir: Muir was a big preservationist.
He wanted federally controlled lands to be left alone so they could be enjoyed by Americans for their natural beauty and splendor.

22. Created to protect the natural beauty of selected federal land
National Park Service
1916
Created to protect the natural beauty of selected federal land

23. YOSEMITE

24. YELLOWSTONE

25. Socialist Party of America
led by
Eugene V. Debs
Socialists believe that workers should control both business and the government.
Socialists gained their support from the foreign born, farmers, and labor organizers.
Their leader was Eugene V. Debs who would run for president in 1912 and get at least 6% of the popular vote.
Their goal was to improve the conditions of the American worker.

26. Teddy Roosevelt as a socially responsible president
Sought control over
large corporations
(Trustbuster)
Mediated coal strike
Did not call in federal
troops
Activated Sherman Antitrust
Act
Ordered arbitration
Established “Square Deal”
Policy
Regulated railroads through
the Hepburn Act
Ended Strike

27. Taft led the Republicans in 1908
Taft led the Republicans in His time in office split the Republican Party in two for the 1912 election. He led the conservative half, the progressive half broke away and was led by Teddy Roosevelt.
I’m hungry!!

28. TR did not like what Taft did to his Republican Party so he split off and formed the Progressive “BULL MOOSE” Party. This would cost both Taft and TR the Presidency.

29. Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election because the Republican Party was too divided to be able to get enough votes.

30. Clayton Antitrust Act
Made it more difficult for monopolies to form
People who ran a company could be held personally responsible if the company violated the law
Made strikes, peaceful picketing and boycotts legal

31. 16th Amendment
Allowed government to
collect income tax.

32. Voters of each state elected their senators directly.
17th Amendment
Voters of each state elected their senators directly.

33. 18th Amendment
Went in to effect in 1919 – Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and public consumption of alcohol

34. Women acquire universal suffrage throughout the U.S.
19th Amendment
Women acquire universal suffrage throughout the U.S.