1. Mr. Williams 10th Grade U.S. History
What is Progressivism?
Mr. Williams
10th Grade U.S. History

2. What are the key components of Capitalism?
What are the key components of a Democracy?
How does change happen in countries that practice this type of government?

6. Formed from the Farmer’s Alliance
Populist Party
Formed from the Farmer’s Alliance
Coalition of Alliance members, farmers, labor leaders, and reformers
Called for bank regulation, government ownership of railroads, higher crop prices and lower interest rates

8. Wanted a GRADUATED federal income tax: the MORE $ you make the MORE you pay in taxes
16th Amendment: Granted Congress the power to levy taxes based on an individual’s income to pay for government programs

11. Progressivism
Reform movement in the late 1800s to address problems that industrialization and urbanization had created
Sought to improve living conditions for urban poor
Questioned power and practice of big business
Called for Government to be more honest and help people

13. How the Other Half Lives
Muckrakers: Reform-minded journalists who focused on first hand accounts of injustices and horrors they had witnessed
“Raked up” or exposed filth of society
Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair

18. Ida Tarbell Went after Monopolies including Standard Oil
“Mr. Rockefeller has systematically played with loaded dice, and it is doubtful if there has been a time since 1872 when he has run a race with a competitor and started fair.”
-History of the Standard Oil Company

23. The Jungle Written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair
Book about the immigrant experience in America
Exposed the wretched and unsanitary conditions at meatpacking plants

24. Political Reforms
Direct primary elections: Voters and not party bosses picked party nominees
17th Amendment: Gave voters, rather than state legislatures, the power to directly elect their U.S Senators

25. Recall: A vote to get rid of officials before their terms expired
Initiative: Allowed voters to propose laws directly
Referendum: Voters could repeal unpopular laws

27. Teddy Roosevelt and Square Deal
“The absolute vital question” facing the country was “whether or not the government has the power to control the trusts.”
Goal was to shift center of power from Wall Street to Washington