AGE OF REFORM “ THE GILDED AGE” ( )

THE GILDED AGE "The golden gleam of the gilded surface hides the cheapness of the metal underneath.“ -Mark Twain Why did Twain use this quote to describe the time period in which he lived? (The gilded age)

PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT Progressivism: Progressivism: Political movement that blamed industrialization and urbanization for societies problems Political movement that blamed industrialization and urbanization for societies problems Clean Up, Clean Up….. everybody, everywhere!

INDUSTRIALIZATION & IMMIGRANTS Positives What is the solution??? What is the solution??? REFORM!!!!!!!!!! Negatives/ Consequences

 The slides that are outlined in blue like this one will have parts that you need to write in your notes  The ones that don’t have this blue outline, you still need to listen and pay attention, they will help you understand the main concepts better  Get it? Got it? Good! WHAT DO WE WRITE?!?

UPTON SINCLAIR: THE JUNGLE Fiction..

THE JUNGLE THE JUNGLE VS FAST FOOD NATIONFAST FOOD NATION

MONOPOLY… DEFINED  a product or service controlled by one person or company  complete control over the entire supply of goods or a service in a certain market

 “You can’t get it ANYWHERE but here” MONOPOLIES No competition= prices stay high  No competition= lower quality  Small companies are run out of business No competition… consequences?

MONOPOLIES… One of the first…. “Modern” Monopoly…

ENTER: JAMES HOGG…

GOAL OF PROGRESSIVISM  Goals:  to remove corruption in government  to involve people more directly in politics  to get the government involved in solving social problems.

 A political philosophy supporting the rights and power of the people in their struggle against the privileged elite. vs

The depression of the 1890s was the worst in U.S. history up to that time. Farm prices sunk to new lows. Unemployment caused devastation and desperation among the urban working class. (Remember in our “Sharecrop-oly” game  the prices were low, so you made even less money/beans) BACKGROUND: = =

 began in the mid-1870s in response to the debt incurred by farmers in Texas.  Organized farmers economically and politically  The Alliance was efficient in fostering new cooperation stores, which bought domestic goods from wholesalers and directly sold them to the farmers for lower prices  short-lived faction--they later morphed into the Populist Party in 1889 FARMERS ALLIANCE

 Demanded government regulation of businesses, public ownership of railroads, telephone, and telegraph lines, and elimination of the national banking system. GOALS OF POPULIST PARTY

“Social Reforms” THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT:

THE END OF ALCOHOL?! Temperance Temperance The MOVEMENT for the elimination of alcohol. The MOVEMENT for the elimination of alcohol. Want to ban alcohol: manufacture, sale and consumption Want to ban alcohol: manufacture, sale and consumption Prohibition Prohibition The OUTLAWING of The OUTLAWING ofalcohol

…NOT EVEN HAPPY HOUR…??? Banned the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol. Banned the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol. Established prohibition Established prohibition The 18 th Amendment The 18 th Amendment “going dry” “going dry”

GOAL OF PROHIBITION  To improve the lives of Americans. People thought drinking was a cause of corruption, crime, domestic abuse, and poverty.  The government called this their "Noble Experiment."

21 ST AMENDMENT  Repealed the 18 th Amendment (Prohibition)

WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE “sister suffragette” “sister suffragette” Suffrage means “right to vote” Women’s suffrage=

HATERS GONNA HATE!

THE 19 TH AMENDMENT Granted women the right to vote…BAM! Granted women the right to vote…BAM! -During World War I, suffragists raised funds and volunteered on the home front. -At war’s end they pressed for the vote with renewed vigor. -In March 1918 the Texas legislature approved a bill allowing women to vote in primary elections. -The next year the U.S. Congress passed a women’s suffrage amendment extending the vote to all elections. -In June 1919 Texas became the ninth state and first Southern state to do so.

JANE MCCALLUM  Jane McCallum personally lobbied Texas congress to extend the vote to women at all elections  During the 1920s Jane headed the Petticoat Lobby  a coalition of women’s groups pressing for laws to benefit women and children. Nearly all of their legislative agenda was enacted: school funding, prison reform, maternal/infant health care, restrictions on child labor, stricter prohibition laws.  The Petticoat Lobby supported the campaign of Dan Moody for governor. When he won, he appointed Jane McCallum as Texas Secretary of State.  While in office, she discovered the original Texas Declaration of Independence hidden in a vault

JANE MCCALLUM  During the 1920s Jane headed the Petticoat Lobby  a coalition of women’s groups pressing for laws to benefit women and children. Nearly all of their legislative agenda was enacted: school funding, prison reform, maternal/infant health care, restrictions on child labor, stricter prohibition laws.  The Petticoat Lobby supported the campaign of Dan Moody for governor. When he won, he appointed Jane McCallum as Texas Secretary of State.  While in office, she discovered the original Texas Declaration of Independence hidden in a vault Petticoat