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Progressive Era Reform II

• Prohibition

• Workers in the Progressive Era

• Adjusting to Industrial Labor

• Union Organizing and Radical Labor

• City and State Reform

• Federal Government Reform

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Women’s Christian Temperance Union

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Coney Island

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Coney Island

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Prohibition

• The Volstead Act: 18th Amendment ratified and went into effect 1919.

• Prohibited the sale and possession of alcoholic beverages.

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Scientific Management

• Taylorism: Named after Frederick Taylor

• Time/motion studies: Ways to make the modern industrial worker more effective.

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Organized Labor in Progressive Era

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Organized Labor in Progressive Era

• American Federation of Labor still the dominant labor union

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Organized Labor in Progressive Era

• American Federation of Labor still the dominant labor union

• Lost power due to counterattack by industrialists

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Organized Labor in Progressive Era

• American Federation of Labor still the dominant labor union

• Lost power due to counterattack by industrialists

• National Association of Manufacturers

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district

• Led to Strike by ILGWU and WTUL

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district

• Led to Strike by ILGWU and WTUL

• Fire broke out in Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in Manhattan- fire escape doors were chained shut!

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• Started with deplorable working conditions in NYC garment district

• Led to Strike by ILGWU and WTUL

• Fire broke out in Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in Manhattan- fire escape doors were chained shut!

• More than 140 young women died.

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Triangle Headline

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Triangle Fire

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Dead victims

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“Radical” Labor

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“Radical” Labor

• International Workers of the World - IWW

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“Radical” Labor

• International Workers of the World - IWW

• Welcomed all workers

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“Radical” Labor

• International Workers of the World - IWW

• Welcomed all workers

• Leaders: Daniel de Leon; Eugene Debs; Mother Jones; Bill Heywood

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“Radical” Labor

• International Workers of the World - IWW

• Welcomed all workers

• Leaders: Daniel de Leon; Eugene Debs; Mother Jones; Bill Heywood

• Purpose: To emancipate the worker from the bonds of capitalism

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Progressive City Reform

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Progressive City Reform

• City Manager Form of government: mangement by a council of experts

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Progressive City Reform

• City Manager Form of government: management by a council of experts

• Regulation of public utilities

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Progressive City Reform

• City Manager Form of government: mangement by a council of experts

• Regulation of public utilities

• “City Beautiful” campaigns

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Penn Station

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State Reform

• Making Government more “democratic”

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State Reform

• Making Government more “democratic”

• Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot

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State Reform

• Making Government more “democratic”

• Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot

• Referendum: Letting voters vote on new laws

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State Reform

• Making Government more “democratic”

• Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot

• Referendum: Letting voters vote on new laws

• Recall: Special election to vote official out of office

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State Reform

• Making Government more “democratic”

• Initiative: Letting voters put laws on ballot

• Referendum: Letting voters vote on new laws

• Recall: Special election to vote official out of office

• Direct Primary: Let party voters choose the party candidate for office.

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Federal Government Reform

• Primary elections

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Federal Government Reform

• Primary elections

• Direct Election of Senators

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Federal Government Reform

• Primary elections

• Direct Election of Senators

• 17th Amendment ratified and took effect 1913