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In-Text Citation
 At the dawn of the 20th century, democracy in the United States was at
a crossroads. Giant monopolies dominated the economy and held
corrupt politicians in their pockets, while the working class suffered to
barely survive. One can find evidence of this stark contrast in the
tenement housing of New York’s Lower East Side. Here, multiple
families lived in small damp and unsafe dwellings at a density of
300,000 people per square mile, while the city as a whole was more at
a rate of 90,000 per square mile (Hart, 208).
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Match the reform with its modern day equivalent.
Progressive Reforms for State Government
1.Secret ballots and private voting booths
2.Voters select their candidates in a primary rather than have political parties select
the candidates.
3.Recalls allow voters to remove a corrupt or disliked elected official if enough people
sign a petition to create a special election.
4.Initiatives allow people to propose their own laws to be voted on by people on the
election day ballot.
5.Referendum allows state legislatures to have their ideas put to a vote of the people
in the states on the election ballot.
Activity Bank
a. Barack Obama wins the Democratic party nomination.
b. Same-sex marriage is made illegal in the state of CA.
c. Arnold Schwarznegger takes over the CA governorship in 2003 after a special election.
d. Electronic voting machines are disputed because they don’t leave records of how someone
voted.
e. State legislatures ask voters to approve gambling on Native American reservations
Match the reform with its modern day equivalent.
Progressive Reforms for State Government
1.Secret ballots and private voting booths (D)
2.Voters select their candidates in a primary rather than have political parties select the
candidates. (A)
3.Recalls allow voters to remove a corrupt or disliked elected official if enough people
sign a petition to create a special election. (C)
4.Initiatives allow people to propose their own laws to be voted on by people on the
election day ballot. (B)
5.Referendum allows state legislatures to have their ideas put to a vote of the people in
the states on the election ballot. (E)
Activity Bank
a. Barack Obama wins the Democratic party nomination.
b. Same-sex marriage is made illegal in the state of CA.
c. Arnold Schwarznegger takes over the CA governorship in 2003 after a special election.
d. Electronic voting machines are disputed because they don’t leave records of how someone
voted.
e. State legislatures ask voters to approve gambling on Native American reservations
HOT ROC: Confronting Racism in the
Progressive Era
 How should issues of
race and racism be
addressed in American
society?
 Read and respond to
DuBois and Washington
excerpts from pgs 228 &
229.
 Which perspective do
you agree most with and
why?
The Progressive
Presidents
Roosevelt
-
Taft
-
Wilson
Directions
 Use 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 (p.232-239) to find out what
Progressive reforms each of the Progressive Presidents
did and what similarities/differences the Presidents had
between each other.
 Think of:
 Political reforms
 Economic reforms
 Social reforms
 Create groups of 3 people, with each person having
notes on a different president, Roosevelt, Taft & Wilson.
 Discuss reforms enacted by the presidents and find
their similarities between them.
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Period 2 Class ID # 4349179
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Period 5 Class ID # 4349185
Password: Liberty
Test on Monday October 10th
Directions
 Use 18.2, 18.3, 18.4 (p.232-239) to find out what
Progressive reforms each of the Progressive Presidents
did and what similarities/differences the Presidents had
between each other.
 Think of:
 Political reforms
 Economic reforms
 Social reforms
 Create groups of 3 people, with each person having
notes on a different president, Roosevelt, Taft & Wilson.
 Discuss reforms enacted by the presidents and find
their similarities between them.
Answer Key
Political
Reforms
Teddy Roosevelt
1901-1908
Square Deal- big
business reform
Economic Sherman Anti Trust
Reforms
Act
Hepburn Act- The
Fed. Gov. could set
railroad rates
Arbitration for steel
workers
Social
Reforms
Meat Inspection Act,
Pure Food and Drug
Act (FDA)
US Forest Serviceset aside land for
national forests
William Taft
1908-1912
Wanted to limit
the power of big
corporations
Lawsuits against
trusts
Woodrow Wilson
1912-1921
New Freedom: limited the
power of trusts
Clayton antitrust act- limit
trusts even more, protected
labor unions
19th Amendment- Suffrage
Similarities
Low tariff
platform in his
campaignhowever in 1909
he raised tariffsupset Progressives
Tariff Reform
Created the Federal Trade
Commission
Federal Reserve (The Fed)
16th Amendment- income
tax
17th Amendment- direct
election
Taft and Wilson wanted
to reform the banking
system
Added land to
national forests,
Children’s Bureau
National wildlife
refuge
Keating-Owen Child Labor
Act
National Park Service
18th AmendmentProhibition
All three did not worry
about racial tensions in
the US.
Taft and Wilson set up 8
hour workdays
Roosevelt supported Taft
in the 1908 election.
All presidents wanted to
reform big business
Roosevelt and Wilson
sympathetic to women’s
right to vote
New Vocab
 Suffrage
 Election
Wrap Up: The Election of
1912
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Candidates
Roosevelt:
 Republican President
1901-1908
 Wanted Republican
nomination, failed to get
it, created Progressive
“Bull Moose” party
Taft:
 Incumbent
 Republican President
1908-1912
Wilson
 Democrat
And…Eugene Debs- Socialist
Results
Putting it all together
 The Century: Seeds of Change
 Part 1: Start at 6:13
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEcpJQxtswA
 Part 2:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IepTBls1uk&feature=related
 Part 3:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dae7QI6gIsA&feature=related