Transcript Progressivism and TR

Progressivism and TR
Pt 1: 664-75
Progressivism
• Attempts made before (Populists)
• Dissatisfaction with the rich getting
richer…
Books
• Lloyd against Standard Oil, Wealth
Against Commonwealth
• Vebien against rich Theoory of the Leisure
Class
• How the Other Half Lives, Riis
• Drieser against supper rich The Titan
• Along with urban pioneers like Jane
Addams (Chicago), Lillian Wald (NY)
Muckrakers
• Magazines McClure’s, Cosmopolitan,
Collier’s, expose dirt
• Steffans’ “The Shame of the Cities
• Tarbell against the Standard Oil Co
• Phillips “The Treason of the Senate”
• Spargo, “The Bitter Cry of the Children”
• (Dr Wiley’s Poison Squad)
Political Progressivism
• Both parties, curb trusts, improve standard
of living/working for people
• Initiatives: propose a law for the state
legislature
• Referendum: propose laws on the ballot
• Recall: remove faithless elected officials
• Corrupt practices acts
• Direct election of senators
Local progressivism
• Galveston Texas: city manager system
• LaFollette best known of progressive
governors (Wisconsin), Johnson (CA),
Hughes (NY)
Work place reforms
• Women work to improve health in the work place
for women and children
• Florence Kelley organizes boycotts with National
Consumer League
• Lawyer Brandeis in Muller v Oregon upholds
laws to protect women workers
• Lochner v NY establishes 10 hour work day for
bakers
• Triangle Shirtwaist incident shocks people about
the danger of workplace
TR “Square Deal”
• Square deal for capital, labor and the
public
• Used threat of seizing the mines to force
coal workers and owners to reach a
contract
• Created Department of Labor and
Commerce
TR/Corporations
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Elkins Act limited railroad rebates
Hepburn Act limits free passes
ICC gains more teeth
TR didn’t think trust were inherently bad
Did force Morgan’s Northern Securities
Company to be dissolved
• Allowed Morgan to add to US Steel
Consumers
• Sinclair’s The Jungle exposes problems
• Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug
Act
Mary had a little lamb
And when she saw it sicken,
She shipped it off to Packingtown
And now it’s labeled chicken