2. The Progressives and the Presidents 1900-1912 KC 7.1 Part I-II Mr. Buttell WBHS – APUSH

3. MuckrackersMuckrackers GooGoosGooGoos TemperanceTemperance SuffragettesSuffragettes PopulistsPopulists MidclassWomenMidclassWomen LaborUnionsLaborUnions CivilRightsCivilRights

4. The Muckrakers  Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives  Lincoln Steffens – The Shame of the Cities  Ida Tarbell – The Standard Oil Company  Upton Sinclair – The Jungle  David Phillips – The Treason of the Senate

5. Progressive Objectives *Direct primary elections *“Initiative”, “Referendum”, & “Recall” *17 th Amendment – 1913 *Woman Suffrage *City-Manager System – Galveston, TX model

6. Teddy Roosevelt & the Square Deal

7. “Square Deal” Square Deal for Capital, Labor, and the Public at Large The three C’s: Control of the corporations, Consumer Protection, and Conservation of natural resources

8. “MY Policies” Northern Securities Case, 1901 Anthracite Coal Strike, 1902 Railway Regulation (Interstate Commerce Commission) (Elkins &Hepburn Acts) Consumer Protection (Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act) Conservation Program – The Newlands Act 1902 (irrigation projects) Roosevelt Dam 1911 on the Salt River, AZ

9. 1908 Handpicked

10. Please, Not Again

12. Taft’s Policies Payne-Aldrich Tariff: Led to split in Republican party and Wilson win Dollar Diplomacy: American stability abroad Speaker of the House Fight: Uncle Joe’ Cannon versus “The Insurgents” Anti-Trust: Standard Oil Supreme Court Case

14. Keep the Whistle Blowing Taft was determined to defeat TR and preserve the conservative heart of the Republican Party.

15. Come, Mr. President. You Can’t Have the Stage ALL of the Time!

16. Republican Party Platform High import tariffs. Put limitations on female and child labor. Workman’s Compensation Laws. Against initiative, referendum, and recall. Against “bad” trusts. Creation of a Federal Trade Commission. Stay on the gold standard. Conservation of natural resources because they are finite.

17. The GOP After the Circus TR  The Republican Party must stand for the rights of humanity, or else it must stand for special privilege.

18. The Progressive Party & Former President Theodore Roosevelt People should rise above their sectarian interests to promote the general good.

19. Theodore Roosevelt at Osawatomie, KS: New Nationalism Big business requires big government.

20. The “Bull Moose” Party: The Latest Arrival at the Political Zoo We stand at Armageddon, and we battle for the Lord! ONWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!

21. Progressive Party Platform Women’s suffrage. Graduated income tax. Inheritance tax for the rich. Lower tariffs. Limits on campaign spending. Currency reform. Minimum wage laws. Social insurance. Abolition of child labor. Workmen’s compensation. NewNationalismNewNationalismNewNationalismNewNationalism

22. The Socialist Party & Eugene V. Debs The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity.

23. “The Working Class Candidates” Eugene V. Debs Emil Seigel for President for Vice-President

24. Socialist Party Platform Government ownership of railroads and utilities. Guaranteed income tax. No tariffs. 8-hour work day. Better housing. Government inspection of factories. Women’s suffrage.

25. The Democratic Party & Governor Woodrow Wilson (NJ) Could he rescue the Democratic Party from “Bryanism”??

26. The Reform Governor of NJ: It Takes Time to Remove the Grime

27. Democratic Party Platform Government control of the monopolies  trusts in general were bad  eliminate them!! Tariff reduction. Direct election of Senators. Create a Department of Labor. Strengthen the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Did NOT support women’s suffrage. Opposed to a central bank. NewFreedomNewFreedomNewFreedomNewFreedom

28. The “Seas” [of Opportunity] Open Up for the Democrats

30. As Big As a Balloon Tariff Reform

31. The Unanswerable Argument for Suffrage

32. Never Again! Taft Abandons Support for Women’s Suffrage

33. TR & Women’s Suffrage: The Militant Recruit TR & Women’s Suffrage: The Militant Recruit

34. Woman Suffrage Before 1920

35. Lynching & the Race Issue

36. Trying to Catch the Black Vote

37. Mr. Lewis Gets His Share

39. Election Results By 1912, 100,000 fewer people had voted for Wilson than had voted for Bryan in 1908. The 1912 election marked the apogee of the Socialist movement in America.

40. GOP Divided by Bull Moose Equals Democratic Victory!

41. On Uncle Sam’s Farm The Democratic party took control of the Senate for the first time in 20 years.

42. The GOP: An Extinct Animal? The GOP: An Extinct Animal?

44. Triple Wall of Privilege Wilson goes after the tariff, the banks, and the trusts Underwood Tariff Bill 16 th Amendment = graduated income tax

45. Federal Reserve Act, 1913 12 Regional Reserve banks Board appointed by president Bankers’ banks Issue paper currency backed by promissory notes (quick way to print money)

46. President Tames the Trust Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 = crush monopolies, root out unfair trade pract. Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 = Exempt labor from anti-trust prosecution, legalized strikes/picketing