1. Progressive Era Politics “The government is us; we are the government, you and I.” Theodore Roosevelt

2. Expanding Democracy- Progressive Era Reform What do people want from their government? What obstacles to representation in government exist now? Why did people during the Progressive Era feel as if they had no voice?

3. “Battling” Bob LaFollette Progressive Party

4. Attempts to Expand Democracy Direct Primaries Secret Ballot Direct Election of Senators Initiative Referendum Recall Women’s Suffrage

5. Election of 1912 What impact did the minor parties have on the election? (Bull moose, Socialists, Prohibition) New Nationalism v New Freedom TRWoodrow Wilson Human Welfare Anti- Trust Legislation Gov’t Protect Social Justice Banking Reform Minimum Wage Tariff Reductions End Child Labor http://www.presidentelect.org/e1912.html

6. 17 th Amendment Direct Election of Senators

7. Women’s Suffrage Movement Seneca Falls Convention- 1848 –Declaration of Sentiments –Lucretia Mott –Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony (1850s - 1900) NAWSA Carrie Chapman Catt Alice Paul

9. 19 th Amendment