Progressives

USH-4.6

I. Why have progress?A. Start as a response to

problems in the cities and factories

1. Helped the middle class who:a) Didn’t want to pay taxes to

corrupt gov’tsb) Wanted better services

B. Journalists called muckrakers point out all of the bad stuff

1. Political machines, NA, workers, immigrants, Bosses

II. Women’s RightsA. Begins at Seneca FallsB. New school & job

opportunitiesC. Suffrage starts out West

1. Wyoming is 1st to allow women to vote

2. Women worked hard as pioneers

3. National Association of Colored Women works toward votes for AA women

II. Women’s RightsD. National American

Women’s Suffrage Assoc.

1. Started by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1890

2. Opposed drinking and political bosses

3. Split up over tactics

II. Women’s RightsE. National Woman’s Party

1. Led by Alice Paul2. Picketed the White House3. Attacked by men4. Arrested5. Used hunger strikes in

prison

F. Women get suffrage with the passing of the 19th Amendment in 1920

II. Women’s RightsF. Equal rights was next

1. Wanted an amendment2. Jane Addams built a

settlement house in Chicago

a) Hull Houseb) Vocational classesc) Childcare

3. Worked for child labor lawsa) Supreme Court said federal

child labor laws unconstitutional

III. PoliticsA. Progressive mayors and

governors electedB. Theodore Roosevelt

1. Republican but agreed with Progressives

2. Gave rights to the workersa) Required coal mine owners to

negotiate to avoid a strike

3. Beefed up Interstate Commerce Commission and Sherman Anti-Trust Act

a) Called the “Trust-buster”

III. Politics4. Gets the Meat

Inspection Act passed (The Jungle)

5. Gets national parks created

6. Founded the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party in 1912

a) Split the Reps and Dems win

III. PoliticsC. Woodrow Wilson

1. A progressive Democrat2. Clayton Anti-Trust Act

a) Labor unions are exempt from anti-trust laws

3. 16th Amendmenta) Income tax

4. 17th Amendmenta) Popular election of Senators

5. Federal Reserve Acta) Helps w/money supply

6. More credit, 8 hour day, worker’s comp, etc.

IV. WWIA. Hurts progressives b/c

war becomes the focusB. 18th Amendment

a) Prohibition (no alcohol)

C. 19th AmendmentD. Wilson’s 14 Points is very

progressive but Treaty of Versailles is not

a) Makes Americans not care about Progressivism anymore