What are the goals of progressivsm?

The Origins of Progressivism

Protecting Social Welfare• Goal: relieve

urban problems

• Social Gospel & Settlement House reformers tried to soften the harshness of industrialization.

• Florence Kelley-advocate for women & children

• YMCA

• Salvation Army- “Slum Brigades”

Promoting Moral Improvement

Uplift the poverty stricken by improving personal behavior

Temperance-WCTUAnti – Saloon LeagueProhibitionFrances Willard-

Kindergartens, visiting inmates, women’s suffrage.

Creating Economic ReformPanic of 1893 caused

some to question the Capitalist system.

Socialism-Debs

Journalists & Mucrakers exposed the corrupt side of big business.

Fostering Efficiency Scientific

ManagementMake tasks easier &

simplerWorkers became

more productive & increased goods produced

Henry Ford – Assembly Line

Progressive Political Reforms

Voters select their party’scandidate

Voters can put billsBefore legislature

Voters can vote on billsdirectly

Voters can remove elected officials from

office

Party leaders pick candidates for state & local offices

Only members of state legislature can introduce bills

Only legislators pass laws

Only courts or legislature can remove corrupt officials

PRIMARY

INITIATIVE

REFERENDUM

RECALL

BEFORE AFTER

Teddy Roosevelt’s Ideals/GoalsProgressive

Republican – 2 TermsSquare Deal“Kicked Upstairs”

Political Bosses found him too hard to control

Protect CitizensHealthConservation

He assumed he had the legal right to do whatever the people demand

William Taft’s Ideals/GoalsConservative

Republican- 1 TermFollowed a

“Cautiously Progressive Agenda”

Campaigned on a “lower tariffs” platform

Never fully felt like the president

Didn’t use the bully pulpit

Wilson’s Ideals/GoalsDemocrat- 2 TermsOwed his presidency

to the Republican split

“Don’t interfere when your enemy is destroying himself.”

Endorsed a progressive platform

New FreedomFinancial reformAnti-trust measuresEconomic reform

Roosevelt’s Position on Big BusinessIncreased federal

government’s role in arbitration.

Supported big business, but wanted to stop trusts that harmed people.

Trust Buster (filed 44 anti trust suits)

Strengthened the regulation of the railroads.

Roosevelt grappling with J. P. Morgan and Rockefeller of

Standard Oil.

Taft’s Position on Big BusinessBusted 90 TrustsMajor victories included

Standard Oil of New Jersey and the American Tobacco Company

Roosevelt thought that Taft couldn’t distinguish a good trust from a bad trust

Taft was successful in urging Congress to strengthen the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission

Wilson’s Position on Big BusinessThought that trusts

shouldn’t be regulated; they should be broken up

Government shouldn’t get bigger.

Big Business should get smaller.

Roosevelt’s AccomplishmentsFederal Arbitration

Coal Strike negotiationsRailroad regulation –

strengthened the ICC Elkins Act

R.R. officials could not give or receive rebates

R.R. must have set rates Hepburn Act

Limit free R.R. passesConservation

Hired Pinchot-US Forest Service

National Reclamation Act$ from land sales will fund

irrigation projects

Taft’s Accomplishments/Actions

Payne-Aldrich ActLower tariffs on

manufactured goods

Tried to defend unsuccessful tariff

Appointed Ballinger as Secretary of the InteriorAccused of

exploiting natural resources

Fired PinchotHad a difficult time

holding the Republican Party together

Roosevelt created the Bull-Moose Party that fractured the Republican Party.

Wilson’s Accomplishments/Actions

16th Amendment-income tax Necessary because so many tariffs

were loweredFederal Reserve System

National Banking System Controlled $ supply and made

credit more accessibleClayton-Antitrust Act

Made it more difficult for monopolies to form

Ruled that labor unions were not to be considered trusts

Companies will be held responsible if they are found breaking any law

Federal Trade Commission Agency set up to investigate

business to enforce laws “Watch Dog” agency

Cartoon shows sign which says "He Kept Us Out of War" and depicts Wilson answering a phone and being told that there is a U-boat in New York Harbor. "Very Inopportune!" he exclaims.