Industrialization and Progressivism CSS 11.1, 11.2, 11.3. 11.5, 11.6 1877 - 1917 Unit 2—Chapters 3 – 4 Industrialization and Progressivism CSS 11.1, 11.2, 11.3. 11.5, 11.6

Social Reforms Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 1873 members advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol Carrie Nation used a hatchet 18th Amendment , 1919 (Prohibition) federal ban on the manufacture and transportation of alcohol motivated by anti-immigrant feelings

Women’s Suffrage

Women’s Suffrage (right to vote) 19th Amendment, 1920 Carrie Chapman Catt (NAWSA) tried to get states to give women the vote Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, were the leaders of NAWSA by 1919, only 15 states (mostly in the west) gave all women the vote

Women’s Suffrage (right to vote) Alice Paul (NWP) protested outside the White House in 1917 hundreds were arrested for protesting An amendment finally passed in 1920 Tennessee passed it by one vote 20 million women voted in the first election in the fall of 1920

Teddy Roosevelt Tuesday, 10/13 Take your Seat Take out your Notebook Precious Time Precious Time: Answer the EQ for your “Drive for Reform Notes” Add in Cornell questions Highlight your notes Work on anything

FN: “Progressive Women” Homework: Precious Time FN: “Progressive Women” Homework: Ch. 4 Sec. 3 – read and complete hw questions

EQ: What did Roosevelt think government should do for its citizens? President Roosevelt EQ: What did Roosevelt think government should do for its citizens?

Theodore Roosevelt (1901 – 1909) incredibly popular president and outdoorsman Navy, Rough Riders, McKinley’s VP control the trusts, consumer protection, conservation Teddy explored the source of the Amazon River after he was president created Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks

Roosevelt’s Square Deal his “square deal” program promoted many reforms “no crookedness in the deal” Environment Economic 100 million acres of forest “rational use” plan Nat’l Reclamation Act Regulated railroads Broke apart trusts Passed food inspection law Passed medicine regulation law

Economic Reforms Trust Busting Progressives regulated trusts to increase competition Roosevelt broke up 33 trusts in 8 years (including one run by Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan Roosevelt only believed in breaking up the bad trusts Taft broke up 90 in 4 years including Standard Oil in 1911 Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914 Wilson gave the government more power to break up trusts closed loopholes from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Regulating Industry Pennsylvania Coal Mine Strike 1st time gov’t helped workers in a labor dispute Department of Commerce and Labor, 1902 Interstate business regulation Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) Regulate railroad fees between states Hepburn Act Gives ICC strong enforcement powers Meat Inspection Act/Pure Food and Drug Act

Managing the Environment Gifford Pinochet Forests be preserved for both preservation of wilderness and use for building National Reclamation Act, 1902 Federal gov’t has power to decided where and how water would be distributed Dams, reservoirs, lakes

William Taft (1909 – 1913) continued Roosevelt’s campaign against trusts handpicked to succeed TR only president to become a supreme court justice after being president

Roosevelt Taft • Higher Tariffs • War Hero • Income tax • Reformer • Opposed Roosevelt’s conservation policies • War Hero • Reformer • Protect American Wilderness • Gov’t should people •Trustbuster • Gov’t should regulate business • Republican • Ran for President in 1912

Taft vs. Roosevelt New Nationalism Program to restore gov’ts trustbusting power Roosevelt “as strong as a Bull Moose” – gives nickname “Bull Moose” party Taft-Roosevelt Battle Splits Republican Party Birth of Progressive Party (TR)