Transcript He who laughs last, thinks slowest”

“He who laughs last, thinks
slowest”
Quote of the Day
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17.1
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Origins of Progressivism
 Social
Welfare
 YMCA
 Salvation
 Moral
Army
Improvement
 Prohibition
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More Improvement
 Economic
 Some
Reform
embraced socialism
 Muckrakers-people
business
who wrote about the corrupt side of big
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Cleaning up
Local Government
Commission style government
Council Manager style
State Government
Child labor
Keating-owen 1916 - cannot transport over state lines
Limiting Hours
Less than 10 hour day for women
Upheld 10 hours for men
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More Reform
 Elections
 Initiative
 Recall
 Referendum
 Election
 17th
of Senators
Amendment
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17.2
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Women in the Work Force
 Farms
 Cook,
clean, make clothes, laundry, raise livestock, raise crops
 Industry
1
out of 5 had jobs
 25%
were in manufacturing
 Domestic
 Cleaning
for other families
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Reform
 Education
 No
women's colleges
 Reform
 NACW-National
 Suffrage
Association of Colored Women
(NWSA)
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Suffrage Strategy
 Convince
state legislators
 Pursued
court cases - 14th amendment
 National
Constitutional amendment
Chapter 17.3
Roosevelt
 Had
asthma but wrestled & Boxed
 Head
of Rough Riders
 Presidency

Youngest at 42

Square Deal
Trustbusting
 Companies
 Broke
controlled prices
up many trusts
 Regulations

Interstate Commerce Commission
 Regulating

Food
Meat Inspection Act
Cont.
 Pure
Food & Drug Act

Claimed miracles

Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines
17.4
 Taft

Did not want to Bully like Roosevelt

Payne-Aldrich Tariff

Moderated the high rates of Aldrich Tariff
Parties
 Republicans
split over Taft support of Joseph Cannon

Republicans fell apart

Democrats won control of the House
 Bull
Moose Party (Progressive Party)

Roosevelt wanted back in

Woodrow Wilson Ran for Democrats (winner)
17.5
Wilson 
 “New

Freedom”
Anti-Trust

Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914- Try to get rid of trusts

Federal Trade Commission – Investigate possible violations of regulatory
statutes
Taxes! Yay! (Not)
 16th
Amendment – Income Tax (because of reduces tariffs)
 Federal
Reserve System

Divided the banks into 12 regions

1923 70% of banks were part of the national reserve
Progressivism
 Wilson

did not follow through with promises
Segregated the white house
 World
War 1 helped stall progress and Civil Rights