Transcript The Progressive Movement ch. 28 review “Mary had a little lamb

The Progressive Movement
ch. 9 review
“Mary had a little lamb,
and when she saw it sicken,
she shipped it off to packingtown,
and now its labeled chicken.”
Effects of high immigration rates
in the late 1800’s
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Rapid growth of cities
Poverty
Racial inequality
Growth of industry
Reform Movements
• Government Reform
*17th Amendment
• Women’s rights (suffrage)
• Prohibition or Temperance movement
Prohibition
Carrie Nation
Prohibition Movement
Reformers
• Majority were middle
class men and women
• Wanted people to
regain their power in
politics
You go Girl!!
• Campaigned for factory
reform
• Temperance
• Unsafe and unsanitary
sweatshops
• Protected rights of women
workers
…..Sorry you still can’t
vote….but thanks for the
wonderful reforms!
Presidents who change the USA
• President’s Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
led the progressive movement reforms
(TR) Roosevelt 1901-1909
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Roosevelt 1901-1909
• Fought to conserve land
• Roosevelt's Square Deal- 3 C’s
1. Control of corporations
2. Consumer protection
3. Conservation of natural resources
• Believed in “good” vs. “bad” trusts
• Pure food and Drug Act
William Howard Taft 1909-1913
“…everyone loves a fat man”
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TAFT
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Roosevelt's VP; elected President in 1908
Passive towards congress
Poor judge of public opinion
“dollar diplomacy”- had US investors invest in
other countries
• Would strengthen U.S. defenses & foreign policies
• Conservation and trusts
• 1st person to be President than become Supreme
Court Justice
Woodrow Wilson
• Women gain the right
to vote after 72 years
of fighting for it
• Nineteenth
Amendment- 1920