The Era of Progressivism
1873
1920
MAIN THEMES
1.
That all progressives shared an optimistic vision that an active government
could solve socioeconomic problems and create a better, more ordered and
efficient world.
2.
That progressives wanted to reduce the influence of party machines on
politics.
3.
How the temperance, immigration restriction, and woman suffrage
movements took on crusade-like aspects.
4.
How progressivism was a reaction to the rapid industrialization and
urbanization of the United States in the late nineteenth century.
5.
The importance of political leadership for the progressive movement.
6. That American foreign policy became much more
interventionist, especially in the Caribbean.
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The Rise of Progressivism
• The Progressive Impulse
– The Muckrakers and the Social Gospel
• Charles Francis Adams
• Lincoln Steffens
• Ida Tarbell
– The Allure of Expertise
• Scientific Analysis Management
• “Taylorism”
• Thorstein Veblen
The Rise of Progressivism
• The Progressive Impulse
– The Professions
• 1895 National Association of Manufactures
• 1901 -American Medical Association – 1901
• 1916 – 48 States with Bar Associations
• Other
– Military Eduction
– Education
» American Association of University Professors
The Rise of Progressivism
• The Assault on the Parties
– Early Attacks
• Split Tickets
• Election reform
– Statehouse Progressivism
• Initiatives & Referendums
• Robert LaFollette
Voter Participation
• Other Sources of
Progressive Reform
– Labor, the Machine,
and Reform
Triangle Shirtwaist
Fire, 1911
The Rise of Progressivism
• Sources of Progressive Reform
– African Americans and Reform
• 1905 – Niagara Movement (WEB Du Dois)
• 1909 - NAACP
The Rise of Progressivism
• Crusades for Order and Reform
– The Temperance Crusade
Frances Willard
1839-1898
Carry A. Nation
1846-1911
“REALLY” RADICAL WOMEN
Fanny Wright
1795-1852
Margaret Sanger
1879-1966
Victoria Woodhull
1838-1927
Crusades for Order and Reform
– Immigration Restriction
The Rise of Progressivism
• Crusades for Order and Reform
– The Dream of Socialism
• Socialist Party strength
• “Wobblies”
• William Haywood
• Crusades for Order and Reform
– Decentralization and Regulation
• Louis D. Brandeis
• Good Vs. Bad trusts
• Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Presidency
– The Square Deal
• Interstate Commerce Acts
• Pure Food and Drug Acts
• Labor legislation
• The Troubled Succession
– Spreading Insurgency
• Progressive dominance
• Anti-Trust legislation
• La Follette’s downfall
Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom
• Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom
• Income Tax – XVI Ammendment
• Continued Segregation
• Keating-Owen Act
The Rise of Progressivism
• Debating the Past: PROGRESSIVISM