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• 1. Please take a handout and turn in your HW from last night. ONLY THE NOTEBOOK PAPER!

• “Fix You”– Coldplay

• Answers:1. B2. C3. A4. B5. A6. D7. D

Learning Goal 11

• I will be able to:– Cite and explain the importance of examples of political

corruption during the Gilded Age (Spoils System, political machines, political bosses, Tammany Hall)

– Identify seven voting problems during the Progressive Era and six solutions proposed to fix them (16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, Direct Primary, Initiative, Referendum, Recall, Wisconsin Plan)

– Summarize why these reforms were put in place

Political Corruption

Voting problems and solutions

Reasons

• Pol machine – org tried to get candidates elected; Tammany Hall in NY most famous

• Pol boss – head of machine• Strategies = stuff ballot boxes, bribes, pay voters• Spoils system – gov’t jobs given based on loyalty,

Pendleton Civil Service Act tried to fix

• Problem = gov’t has too much power, ignoring needs/wishes of the people

• Solutions = all try to empower people and give them more say

• When the people have more say, they have more power

17th Amendment – the people

Each State = 2 Senators

Pat Toomey – Republican Bob Casey – Democrat

Direct Primary – voters choose candidates for public office

Initiative

Referendum

Recall

The Wisconsin Plan

Gov’t Problems & Solutions – LG 11Problem Solution Definition/Description

Spoils System Pendleton Civil Service Act

Candidates had to take a competitive ___________________ to prove they were qualified

Gov’t providing more and needs $$

16th Amendment __________________________________________________

State gov’ts choosing Senators, bribery!

17th Amendment _______________ elect their ________________, not chosen

for them by state governments

State gov’ts and pol machines choosing candidates, more bribery

Direct Primary _____________________ choose the ____________________

to run in an election

State gov’ts not listening to needs/wishes of the people

Initiative__________________ have power to initiate new __________ and the State gov’t votes on it if they get enough signatures

State gov’ts passing unfair new laws

ReferendumState ____________ proposes new law/tax ____________ vote

State politicians unpopular, corrupt, or inept

Recall________________________ can vote out a corrupt politician

Politicians making promises. Keeping them?

Wisconsin Plan Make politicians’ votes on issues ________________________

to see if keeping promises!

Gov’t Problems & SolutionsProblem Solution Definition/Description

Spoils System Pendleton Civil Service Act

Candidates had to take a competitive exam to prove they were qualified

Gov’t providing more and needs $$

16th Amendment Federal Income Tax

State gov’ts choosing Senators, bribery!

17th Amendment People elect their Senators, not chosen for them by state

governments

State gov’ts and pol machines choosing candidates, more bribery

Direct Primary People choose the candidates to run in an election

State gov’ts not listening to needs/wishes of the people

InitiativePeople have power to initiate new laws and the State gov’t votes on it if they get enough signatures

State gov’ts passing unfair new laws

ReferendumState government proposes new law/tax and people vote

State politicians unpopular, corrupt, or inept

RecallPeople can vote out a corrupt politician

Politicians making promises. Keeping them?

Wisconsin Plan Make politicians’ votes on issues public info to see if keeping

promises!

Union Membership

Learning Goal 12

• I will be able to:– Cite examples of problems workers faced during the

Progressive Era (children’s employment, long hours, low wages, injuries on the job, company towns, scrip)

– Explain the solutions that were attempted– Summarize the response of the US Supreme Court to

worker’s rights laws and how it affected union membership

Child laborProblems

Square Deal

Working conditions

Unions

• Kids under 15 worked in factories, mills, mines• Child labor & minimum wage laws = ruled unconstitutional

b/c SC said not gov’ts job to regulate wages; if wages too low, pple should choose not to work there, but ALL paid low

• Company towns; had to live there, paid in scrip instead of real money, lasted until 1950s

• T. Roosevelt, balance needs of business, workers, & people– 1902 Coal Miner’s strike, pple w/o coal for winter, TR

encouraged arbitration or letting 3rd party decide; 1st time gov’t stepped in to help workers

– 1st to use Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break monopoly– Conservation = national parks and forests

• 1911, Triangle Shirtwaist fire – 146 women killed b/c management locked them in

• Worker’s compensation initiated - $ if hurt on the job• SC continued to rule against workers, union membership up

to help b/c gov’t wouldn’t

Triangle Shirtwaist Company – NY

PROBLEMS PEOPLE FACED SOLUTIONS TO MAKE LIFE BETTER