Progressive Agendas

Section 5.3

Start:

Without you book:

Create a three question “true or false” quiz on Chapter 8 Section

1.

With your book, create two more “true or false” questions.

Today we will:

By examining the reformsof Lafollete.

By explaining the case ofMuller v. Oregon.

Studying Jane AddamsAnd Nellie Bly

Political Reforms

Corruption was rampant in state and city government in 1900.

Reformers new change needed to take place, but the political machines were too strong to take on.

What type of place would be the best for a reformer to install and new and non-corrupt model for government?

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Galveston becomes a model of efficiency(GP) Read aritcle and answer question.

• Hurricane destroyed city (1900)• State replaced governing power from large

city-council with 5 commissioners• Most were business leaders (not

politicians)• City quickly recovered• Served as model to 158 cities on how to

build efficient government• Helped to eliminate ward boss power

Galveston was the first time a progressive agenda found it’s

way into any level of government.

Robert LaFollette would take the Galveston Model one step further.

Some of LaFollete’s reforms had long lasting implications

Article 1 Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution Pg. 58

According to this section, how many Senators are there from each state and who decides who they are? Can you predict any problems this system may cause?

•“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote."

The Seventeenth AmendmentPage 70

• Calls for direct election of senators (1913)– Senators had

been chosen from state legislature

– Controlled by political machines

– Senators awarded supporters with fat contracts

Analyzing Political Cartoons

5 Steps

1.People

2.Symbols

3. Issue

4.Cartoonist’s Point of View

5.Your Point of View

Is that how we elect them? La Follete Proposals

• Direct primary– voters, not bosses, select candidates

• Initiative– citizens, not bosses, introduce bills to

legislature• Referendum

– citizens vote for or against proposed laws• Recall

– citizens vote to fire elected official

Economic Reform

States began to regulate big business

• Wisconsin– RR commission– Power to regulate rates– Prevented unfair

competition• Maryland

– Law (1902) required employers to buy workers’ compensation insurance

• Oregon (1903)– Prohibited women working

more than 10 hours

Protecting Workers

Louis Brandeis

Presentation

• Brandeis brief

– economic and social statistics, expert opinions

– Said that long hours damaged health of women and therefore damaged welfare of America

Describe Mueller v. Oregon.

• Supreme Court unanimous for Oregon

• Women need special protection

• 1st case which used sociology in argument

• States can regulate business for public good

Describe Mueller v. Oregon.

Social and Moral Reform

Was the right to vote expanded during the Progressive era?

• Women

– Had limited right to vote in 19 states

– Could not vote for president

– Suffragettes

– Grew from 13 to 75 thousand (1893-1910)

– 19th Amendment (1920) gave full voting rights

Suffrage

Who was John Dewey• Progressive

educator

• Laboratories of Democracy

• Part of progressive movement

• Illiteracy

–1870 = 20%

–1920 = 6 %

Who was Jane Addams?• Progressive reformer• Saint Jane• Moved by 3 children who

had all been injured while home alone (while parents worked)

• Hull House– A settlement house– A community center in

immigrant Chicago slum– Taught English, held

political discussions, celebrated diverse cultures, day nursery

Jane Addams

Nelly Bly Presentation