OTHER PROGRESSIVES
• W.E.B.DUBOIS-FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN TO
GRADUATE FROM HARVARD
WITH A PHD.
• HE HELPED DEVELOPED THE
NAACP.
• NAACP WAS A
PROGRESSIVE
ORGANIZATION DESIGNED
TO HELP PEOPLE WHO
WERE BEING
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST .
• NAACP PROVIDED LEGAL
HELP FOR PEOPLE
ARRESTED ON
QUESTIONABLE EVIDENCE.
• INVESTIGATED RACE RIOTS
OTHER PROGRESSIVES
• ROBERT La FOLLETTEPROGRESSIVE
REPUBLICAN
GOVERNOR OF
WISCONSIN.
• HE CREATED THE
WISCONSIN PLAN
STARTING IN 1901.
THE WISCONSIN PLAN
WAS A SERIES OF
PROGRESSIVE LAWS,
VOTING CHANGES,
CONTROLLING BIG
BUSINESS, AND
ADDRESSED
DISCRIMINATION IN THE
U.S.
WISCONSIN PLAN
• WISCONSIN’S
PROGRESSIVE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. WISCONSIN WAS A
LEADER IN CONTROLLING
BIG BUSINESS (ESPECIALLY
RAILROADS).
2. ALLOWED WOMEN THE
RIGHT TO VOTE BEFORE THE
19TH AMENDMENT
3. ONE OF THE FIRST STATES
TO USE THE PRIMARY
ELECTION.
4. ALLOWED WOMEN THE
RIGHT TO PRACTIVE LAW &
MEDICINE.
5. RIGHT FOR UNIONS TO
COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN.
6. CREATED CHILD LABOR
LAWS.
ASSASSINATION OF A PRESIDENT
WILLIAM McKINLEY WAS
SHOT ON SEPTEMBER 6,
1901.
HE WAS SHOT IN BUFFALO
N.Y.
HE DIED ON SEPTEMBER
14, 1901.
ASSASSINATION OF A PRESIDENT
• WILLIAM McKINLEY
WAS ASSASSINATED BY
LEON CZOLGOSZ.
• HE WAS INDICTED ON
SEPTEMBER 16 1901 &
CONVICTED ON
SEPTEMBER 24 1901.
• EXECUTED ON
OCTOBER 29 1901,
TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECOMES THE
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
• BECAME THE YOUNGEST
PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN
HISTORY IN 1901.
• HE WAS 42 YEARS OF
AGE.
• HE DEVELOPED THE
SQUARE DEAL. THE TERM
WAS USED TO DESCRIBE
THE VARIOUS
PROGRESSIVE REFORMS
SPONSORED BY THE
ROOSEVELT
ADMINISTRATION.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROOSEVELT
• RAILROAD REGULATION
• TRUSTBUSTINGNORTHERN SECURITIES
COMPANY VS THE UNITED
STATES- SUCCESSFUL IN
BREAKING THIS RAILROAD
MONOPOLY.
• RAILROAD REGULATION
• PASSED THE ELKINS ACT
IN 1903 & THE HEPBURN
ACT IN 1906.
• ELKINS ACT -RAILROADS
COULD NOT GIVE
REBATES TO LARGE
SHIPPERS.
• HEPBURN ACT- STRICTLY
LIMITED BRIBERY OF
LARGE COMPANIES TO
RAILROADS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROOSEVELT
• HEALTH REGULATION
• PASSED THE MEAT
INSPECTION ACT IN
1906.
• THIS WAS A RESULT OF
READING THE JUNGLE.
• HEALTH REGULATION
• PASSED THE PURE
FOOD AND DRUG ACT
IN 1906• THIS FORBADE THE USE
OF HARMFUL
ADDITIVES IN FOOD
AND FALSE
ADVETISEMENTS OF
DRUGS.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ROOSEVELT
• CONSERVATION
MEASURES- SOME
WILDERNESS AREAS
WOULD BE PRESERVED,
& OTHERS WOULD BE
DEVELOPED FOR THE
COMMON GOOD.
• OTHER CONSERVATION
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
1. SET ASIDE 148 MILLION
ACRES OF FOREST RESERVES.
2. SET ASIDE 1.5 MILLION
ACRES OF WATER- POWER
SITES.
3. 80 MILLION ACRES OF LAND
THAT EXPERTS COULD
EXPLORE MINERAL AND
WATER RESOURSES.
4. ESTABLISHED 50 WILDLIFE
SANCTUARIES AND SEVERAL
NATIONAL PARKS
PARKS & CONSERVATION
• 150 National Forests
• 51 Federal Bird Reservations 4 National Game
Preserves 5 National Parks
• 18 National Monuments
• 24 Reclaimation Projects
• 7 Conservation Conferences and
Commissions