1. The Struggle for Justice Social Responsibility and Progressivism, 1900-1920

2. The Progressive Movement  The Need for Reform  Reformer’s Assumptions  Goals of the Progressives  Social Reform Social Reform  Reforming Government Reforming Government  Reforming Business Reforming Business

3. The Search for the Good Society  Poverty Exposed Poverty Exposed  Women’s Activism  Social Welfare  “Muckraker” journalism “Muckraker” journalism  Consumer Protectionism  The Curse of Demon Rum  Woman Suffrage 

4. Reforming Government  Local Level Reform  Fighting “Machine Politics”  Galveston and City Manager Government Galveston  State Level Reform  Ballot initiatives, referenda, recall, primaries, progressive income taxes  Restrictive measures  Federal Level Reform Federal Level Reform  16 th Amendment (1913) 16 th Amendment (1913)  17 th Amendment (1913) 17 th Amendment (1913)  Federal Reserve Act (1913) 

5. Reforming Business  Consumer Protection Laws  Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)  Meat Inspection Act (1906 )  “Trust-busting”  Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)  Teddy Roosevelt’s campaign against monopoly 

6. Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890) Bandit’s Roost 5 cents a spot Italian Mother and Her Baby

7. Galveston Hurricane, 1901

9. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911)

12. Amendment 17 The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. Amendment 16 The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. 