Progressive Reformers Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., federal regulation of railroad transport, Children's Bureau, the Sixteenth Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson).

Example: Jane Addams:  What she did Creator of Hull House Creator of Hull House A charity organization for the poorA charity organization for the poor Worked toward establishing: Worked toward establishing: first juvenile-court law,first juvenile-court law, tenement-house regulation,tenement-house regulation, eight-hour working day for women, eight-hour working day for women, factory inspection,factory inspection, workers' compensationworkers' compensation Woman suffrageWoman suffrage  Significance American social reformer and pacifist. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peach 1931

Jacob Riis What he did What he did Wrote a book, How the Other Half Lives Wrote a book, How the Other Half Lives Showed the extreme poverty of working classShowed the extreme poverty of working class  Significance Photographer; took picture of poor living conditions

Hiram Johnson  What he did  helped form the Progressive Party  initiative initiative  referendum referendum  recall  direct primary election  eight-hour work day for women and children  Workers Compensation Act pensions for retired teachers  more government control of the railroads and utilities.  Significance  reform governor of California (1911–17)  U.S. senator for 28 years (1917–45 )  Progressive Republican  isolationist

Ida M. Tarbell  What she did  Exposed the ruthless business tactics of The Standard Oil Company  Significance  Muckraker – wrote for McClure’s Magazine  The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904).

Theodore Roosevelt 26 th President  What he did  expanded the powers of the presidency  Increased government control over big railroad, oil, and meatpacking "trusts."  Conserved land  "Square Deal" domestic program: welfare legislation and government regulation  Significance  26th president of the United States (1901–09)  writer  naturalist  Soldier  first environmentalist

William Howard Taft 27 th President  What he did  Sixteenth Amendment (income tax)  Seventeenth Amendment (direct election of senators)  Significance  27th President of the United States ( )  known as the "Great Trust-Buster."

Woodrow Wilson 28th president  What he did  Federal power to ensure equality of opportunity  tariff reduction  reform of the banking and monetary system  new laws to weaken abusive corporations and restore economic competition  Federal Reserve Act of 1913:regulates the nation's banks, credit, and money supply  Significance  President  Viewed monopolies as enemies of competition  supported unions

William Edward B. Du Bois William Edward B. Du Bois  What he did  Created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) African AmericansNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) African Americans  Significance  American sociologist  most important black protest leader

Upton Sinclair:  What he did Wrote the book The Jungle Wrote the book The Jungle Revealed the dangerous and unsanitary conditions in a slaughterhouse Revealed the dangerous and unsanitary conditions in a slaughterhouse Pure Food and Drug Act was passed Pure Food and Drug Act was passed organized the EPIC (End Poverty in California) socialist reform movement; organized the EPIC (End Poverty in California) socialist reform movement;  Significance Muckraker defeated as Democratic candidate for governor

John Muir  What he did  Helped to pass the Yosemite national Park Bill  Helped to get the government to conserve land (148 million acres of forests & # of national parks doubles in the U.S. (Roosevelt)  Significance  Environmentalist

Robert La Follette  What he did  Fought to clean up political corruption  voters election of candidates  Tax property owned by corporations  Regulation of RR rates  Creation of commission to regulate businesses  Significance  Attorney General  U.S. House member  1901 Governor of Wisconsin