Post on 28-Dec-2015
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MuckrakersTriangle FireGalveston Hurricane of 1900Progressive State Reforms16th AmendmentElection of 1912Federal ReserveJim Crow (caution: graphic images)
Women’s Suffrage Movement
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Upton Sinclair
Progressive writer – expose on meat packing industry in US
The Jungle (1906) was an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies.
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Socialists in the United States wanted:
End of capitalism Distribute wealth Government ownership of
industries
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Florence Kelley
Leader in area of work reform: Prohibit child labor Regulate sweatshops Limit hours of work
for women
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Mother Jones
Irish immigrant who was inspired by her own personal convictions and tragedies.
Organized unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado.
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What was a “muckraker”?
Muckraker is a name that was first given to American writers in the early 20th century who exposed corruption and scandals in business and politics.
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Ida Tarbell
• Famous exposé of the Standard Oil Company and its executive, John D. Rockefeller
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Lincoln Steffens• Investigative
reporter, Steffens first and most noted book, The Shame of the Cities, dealt with political decay in America.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911
146 workers died in an unsafe factory when a fire broke out.
The doors were locked and many women jumped to their deaths.
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More Power to Voters
Direct PrimaryVoters select party candidate
InitiativeVoters put bill on ballot
ReferendumVoters approve/reject a law
passed by legislature
RecallRemove elected official before
term is up
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16th Amendment
• The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
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Tax Rates today…
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William Howard Taft (27)
• Only person to serve in all 3 Branches of Federal Government:– House of Reps– President– Chief Justice of
Supreme Court
24Election of 1912
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Woodrow Wilson (28)
• Progressive Governor of New Jersey
• President of Princeton University
• Wins election because Republicans were split
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What did the Federal Reserve Board create?
A nationwide system of 12 regional reserve districts, each with its own central bank.
These banks had the power to issue paper money.
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Jim Crow
• After the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South lost their hard-won political rights.
• Jim Crow (segregation) became a fact of life in the South.
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Lynching
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Woman’s Suffrage
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The Leaders….
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Next generation of leaders…
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Protest at White House…
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