The Progressive Movement
I.
Impact of the 1896 Election
a. New campaign style =>
b. Ascendancy of . . .
c. Beginning of the end, of . . .
d. Decline of _________________ and rise of . . .
II.
William McKinley
a. OH lawyer
b. Believed in _____________________ =>
c. Governor of …
d. Greatest ___________________________ period in US history
e. Panic of 1893 ended in . . .
f. Gold Standard Act of 1900 =>
g. Foreign affairs =>
III.
Election of 1900
a. McKinley & Teddy Roosevelt vs. W.J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson
b. Campaign
i. Economic times were ________
ii. R slogan =>
iii. D issues =>
c. Result =>
IV.
McKinley’s Second Term
a. 9/6/01 =>
b. Leon Czolgosz =>
c. Assassination story =>
d. Last words: ““I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people – the
good working people. I am not sorry for my crime.”
V.
Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt
a. Born to . . .
b. Author, historian, . . .
c. Congressman, then __________________ of NY; also . . .
d. Capitalist, but also known as . . .
e. Leader of _________________________ Party & . . .
f. First Progressive Era President
VI.
Problems Facing America, 1900
a. Political system problems
i. Corruption in . . .
ii. City machines =>
iii. Wanted to increase …
b. Economic problems
i. Unfair . . .
ii. Working conditions =>
iii. Hostility towards __________________
iv. Business consolidation
1. Between 1897 and 1904 . . .
2. Largest merger =>
3. By 1904, 318 companies controlled . . .
4. One firm produced over . . .
c. Social problems
i. Living conditions . . .
ii. Gap between _____________ and ______________
iii. Pollution
VII.
Goals of the Progressive Movement
a. Improve American life
i. Increase _____________ justice
1. Women =>
2. African & Native Americans =>
ii. Increase _____________ justice =>
b. Increase political participation =>
c. Fix problems of . . .
d. Only thing big enough to take on big business …
VIII. Members of the Progressive Movement
a. Middle Class
i. _____________ Professionals =>
ii. Middle management =>
iii. Concerned about . . .
iv. Also concerned about . . .
b. Farmers
i. Populist Party ideas
ii. Breakup …
iii. Low tariff, __________ credit =>
c. Unionized workers =>
d. Women
i. Advocates for many . . .
ii. Women’s suffrage =>
iii. Social welfare =>
iv. Temperance =>
e. Journalists
i. “_____________________” =>
ii. Highlighted . . .
iii. Reports led to …
iv. Upton Sinclair =>
v. Jacob Riis =>
vi. Lincoln Steffens =>
IX.
Progressive solutions
a. Political participation
i. Direct election of . . .
ii. Women’s Suffrage =>
iii. Increased . . .
iv. Campaign limits =>
v. Secret ballot =>
vi. Machine Politics
1. City commission =>
2. City manager =>
3. Initiative / referendum =>
4. Recall election =>
b. Economic
i. “Trust busting” (_________________)
1. Trust: business entities that controlled a market, colluding to set . . .
2. Roosevelt =>
3. Taft =>
ii. Pro-labor legislation =>
iii. Food and drug inspection =>
c. Social
i. Environment / pollution (Roosevelt)
1. Transferred forests to . . .
2. Trees had to be . . .
3. Withdrew millions of acres of public land . . .
4. Used public land sale revenues . . .
ii. Temperance & prohibition =>
X.
What work remained to be done? =>