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1 The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

2 An Urban Age and a Consumer Society

3 The Rise of the City YearUrban Population (Percentage) Number of Cities with 100,000+ population 188020%12 189028%15 190038%18 191050%21 192068%26

4 The Muckrakers Lincoln Steffens Ida Tarbell Upton Sinclair

5 The Immigrant

6 The Working Woman YearAll WomenMarried WomenWomen as % of Labor Force 190020.4%5.6%18% 191025.210.724 192023.39.024 193024.311.725 Occupation19001920 Professional, Technical8.2%11.7% Clerical4.018.7 Sales Workers4.36.2 Unskilled and Semiskilled manufacturing 23.720.2 Household Workers28.715.7

7 The New Standard of Living and Consumer Culture

8 Components of Progressive America

9 Industrial FreedomSocialismAFL and IWW (Labor)Feminism

10 Eugene Debs

11 IWW

12 Isadora Duncan

13 Emma Goldman

14 Margaret Sanger

15 Progressive Politics

16 State and Local Reforms Samuel “Golden Rule” Jones Robert M. LaFollette

17 Jane Addams and Hull House Jane Adams Ellen Gates Starr

18 Campaign for Women’s Suffrage

19 Louis D. Brandeis

20 Progressive Presidents

21 Theodore Roosevelt, 1901- 1908

22 Election of 1904

23 John Muir and President Roosevelt in Yosemite, 1903

24 Election of 1908

25 William Howard Taft, 1908- 1912

26 Election of 1912 1912 Presidential Election Results Strong third-party challenges from the Progressive Party and Socialists split the national vote four ways, but Democrat Wilson prevailed to win the presidency in 1912.

27 Woodrow Wilson, 1912- 1920

28 Wilson Progressivism LegislationDatePurpose Underwood Tariff1913Reduced duties on foreign imports so that small businesses could thrive Clayton Act1914Exempted labor unions from anti-trust laws Keating Own Act1916Outlawed child labor in the manufacture of goods sold in interstate commerce Federal Reserve Act1913Federally run institution that issued currency, set rates for loans, and held funds in reserve for crisis situations Federal Trade Commission1914Had the power to order companies to cease unfair trading practices Income Taxes1913Started with richest 5% to offset revenue of lowering tariff. Made constitutional by 16 th Amendment

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