1. Ch. 17: Progressive Movement 1890-1920
1903 Elkins Act
1906 Hepburn Act
Pure Food & Drug Act, 1906
Conservation
National Reclamation Act, 1902
US Forest Service, 1905
William H. Taft ( )
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair, 1910
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
Bull Moose Party
New Nationalism
Woodrow Wilson
New Freedom
Underwood Tariff
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
Federal Reserve System, 1913
Federal Trade Commission, 1914
Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914
Civil Rights
Niagara Movement
Progressivism
Roots of Progressivism
Religious Groups
Carrie Nation
Radicals
Muckrakers
The Jungle
History of Standard Oil
Chicago
Scientific Management
Commission form of Gov’t.
Council-Manager form of Gov’t.
Robert “Battling Bob” LaFollette
Direct Primary
Muller v. Oregon, 1908
Minor v. Harppersett (1875)
Suffrage
Theodore Roosevelt ( )
Square Deal
1902 Coal Strike
Curb Trusts

2. Ch. 17: NC Competency Goals
US 7.01: Explain the conditions that led to the rise of Progressivism.
US 7.02: Analyze how different groups of Americans made economic and political gains in the Progressive Period.
US 7.03: Evaluate the effects of racial segregation on different regions and segments of the United States' society.
Student Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Identify & explain the key terms on pages 518, 522, 531, 537, & 543.
Successfully complete the chapter review on pages ;
Identify the main social problems of the time & explain how they were solved;
Explain the role of muckrakers in Progressive society;
Identify & explain the presidency of all 3 Progressive Presidents;
Analyze the Women’s Rights movement;
Identify & explain all 4 Progressive Amendments; and
Assess the problems faced by minority community & analyze the extent of how those problems were addressed.

3. PROGRESSIVISM
Reform movement that called for gov’t. to fix the problems of
Society
2 Main Goals: Protect individual rights & regulate big business
Mainly working class people
Grangers
Populists
Social Reforms
Gov’t. Reforms
Problems
Solutions
Problems
Solutions
Tenement Houses
Tenement House
Law 1901: Stricter
building codes
Spoils System
&
Patronage
Merit System &
Pendleton Act: Must
take test to prove
you can do the job
Child Labor Committee
1904: To end child labor
Children’s Bureau,
1912: Investigate &
end child labor
Child Labor
City-Manager Form &
Commission Form of
Gov’t.: Professionals
in charge of running
the city gov’t.
17th Amendment:
Citizens elect their
Senators, not city boss
Direct Primary: Voters
select nominees for
upcoming elections
Political Machines
&
City Bosses
Meat Packing
Pure Food & Drug
Act, 1906: Label food &
change processing
techniques
Prohibition &
Temperance:
Effort to ban alcohol
Led by Carrie Nation
Drinking

4. PROGRESSIVISM REFORMERS
The people or groups that made it happen
Muckrakers
Investigative journalists that
exposed problems in society
Uncovered ugly aspects of
American life
Social
Reformers
Gov’t.
Reformers
Social
Gospel Mvmt.
Robert “Battling
Bob” La Follette:
Reformer at
State level
Exposed problems in
Meat packing industry
Wrote: The Jungle
Upton
Sinclair
YMCA
US Presidents:
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Reformers at the
Federal level
Exposed problems in
Standard Oil Industry
Wrote: History of
Standard OIl
Ida
Tarbell
Salvation
Army
Exposed problems with
Tenement housing
Wrote: How the Other
½ Lives
Jacob
Riis
Temperance
Mvmt.
Exposed lynching
Wrote: Lynching &
Other Southern Horrors
Ida
Wells

5. PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT:
Republican
Nicknames: TR, Teddy, Trustbuster
Platform
Square Deal:
Protect little people
from Big Business
Laws Passed
1902 Coal Strike: TR used arbitration
to stop strike; threatened to use
military
Pres. Can end strikes to protect
American people
Elkins Act, 1903:
Illegal to change rates
or give rebates without
notice
Keep good ones &
get rid of bad ones
Enforced Sherman
Anti-Trust Act
Feelings about
Trusts
Hepburn Act, 1906:
Set maximum rate
railroads can charge
Tariffs
High
Pure Food & Drug
Act, 1906
TR considered this to be a very
important issue
Nat’l. Reclamation Act, 1902:
Created irrigation projects in the West
US Forest Srvc., 1905: Manages
Nation’s water & timber resources
Conservation
Conservation Laws

6. PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT
William Taft:
Republican
Platform
None
Amendments
Feelings about
Trusts
Attacked ALL trusts
16th: Income Tax
Tariffs
Said he would lower
tariffs, but never did
17th: Direct Election
of Senators
Conservation
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair, 1910:
Sold land TR set aside
Angered TR & conservationists
Laws Passed
None

7. TR Returns to Politics
TR didn’t like what Taft was doing & decided to run for Pres. in 1912
Bull Moose Party
Progressive 3rd Party of TR
Tariff reductions, women’s suffrage, labor reforms, conservation etc.
New Nationalism: Fed. Gov’t. would put national need before sectional or personal advantage
Reforming public welfare
Shot during campaign speech, kept speaking despite wound (1.5 hrs.)
In the 1912 election, the Rep. party split their vote between Taft & TR
TR got more votes than Taft, but Dems. won & take control of Congress

8. PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT
Woodrow Wilson: – 1920
Democrat
NEW FREEDOM
Attacked the triple wall
of privilege
Tariffs, Trusts & High Finance
Platform
Feelings about
Trusts
Committed to regulating
Big Business
Federal Reserve Bank
System, 1913:
Controls $ supply
12 districts in USA
Prevented bank
failures
Finances
Federal Trade Commission,
1914: Investigated
Unfair business practices
Laws
Passed
Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914:
Unions & strikes are legal
18th: Prohibition
Tariffs
Underwood Tariff:
Lowered tariffs
Amendments
19th: Women’s suffrage

9. Women had very few rights in the early 20th Century (1900s)
Women's Rights
Suffrage
Court Cases
Women’s movement to gain
The right to vote
Used picketing, parades, &
civil disobedience
Muller v. Oregon, 1908
Limited hours women
Laundry workers could
work
Minor v. Happersett, 1875
Said women were citizens,
but they were not
guaranteed the right to
vote
19th Amendment
gave women the
right to vote
Leaders of the Women’s
Suffrage Movement
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Josephine Ruffin

10. PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS & CIVIL RIGHTS
Progressive Presidents did
very little to aid civil rights
for certain groups
Niagara Movement:
Meeting of African
Americans to discuss black
concerns & issues
Jim Crow Laws made
Stronger
No Anti-Lynching Laws
African
Americans
Forced to assimilate & live
on reservations
Feared culture would not
survive
1930s: Finally allowed
To practice traditions
Equality still a long way
off
Native
Americans
Faced lots of discrimination
Immigrants

11. Booker T. Washington
Believed higher education for African Americans was limited
Urged African Americans to compete economically, not socially
Economic importance will end racism
Created all African American college – the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute
1881, Alabama
Education for trades & farming

12. WEDB Du Bois 1st African American to earn Harvard PhD
                                                            
WEDB Du Bois
1st African American to earn Harvard PhD
Believed African Americans should seek liberal arts to have well educated leaders
Be more than just farmers, etc.
Wanted to challenges whites socially & economically
Used peaceful activism

13. George Washington Carver
Instructor at Tuskegee
Helped to end dependence on cotton in the South
Showed importance of peanuts & sweet potatoes
100s of new uses for peanuts:
Inks
Dyes
Plastics
Medicines

14. Ida Wells
Between 1885 & 1900: 2,500 African Americans lynched in the South
It was a family affair – it was a form of Southern entertainment
Wrote Lynching & Other Southern Horrors to draw attention to the problems in the South
Called for anti-lynching legislation

15. Talented 10th
Small elite group of African Americans who led the community to end racism

16. NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Organization created to protect the rights of African Americans
Du Bois helped create in 1909