Power PresentationsCHAPTER 22

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Impact of the Individual

It is 1901 and Theodore Roosevelt has suddenly become president. You and all Americans are counting on him to help end child labor, poverty, business abuses, and political corruption. You’re anxious to see what actions the new president will take to solve these problems.

How would you solve one of these problems?

• What different social problems did Americans face?

• What qualities would a leader need to tackle such problems?

• What might be the cause of these different problems?

1920 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote.1919 18th Amendment outlaws alcohol.

1913 17th Amendment provides for direct election of senators. Image1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected president.

1908 William Howard Taft is elected president.

1904 Roosevelt is re-elected president.

1901 McKinley is assassinated, and Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.

1896 William McKinley is elected president.

To World

1890 Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act.

1913 Gandhi, leader of Indian resistance movement, is arrested.

1910 Union of South Africa is established.

1900 Boxer uprising against foreigners begins in China.

1894 Uganda becomes a British protectorate.

1892 Gladstone becomes prime minister of Great Britain.

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1890 German leader Bismarck is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

Reformers tried to solve the problems of the cities. They gained a champion in Theodore Roosevelt.

Many of the reforms of the Progressive Era have had an effect on life in America today.

What are some examples of progressive reforms?

GOALS

To expand democracy

To protect social welfare

To create economic reform

Direct primary; initiative; referendum; recall

ImageAid to the unemployed; minimum wage laws; limits on women’s working hours; prohibition

Break up trusts; regulate industry

REFORMS

• What kinds of problems did progressives attempt to solve?

• What did President Roosevelt mean by a “square deal,” and how did he try to achieve it?

• What were Roosevelt’s achievementsin the field of conservation?

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Recognizing Effects

In what ways do the reforms that President Roosevelt promoted affect your life today?

Think About

• the quality of the food you eat

• natural resources that have been preserved

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

Progressive reforms continued under William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson.

Constitutional amendments passed during this time affect Americans today.

What were some of the major reforms of the Taft and Wilson administrations?

LAW

Sixteenth Amendment

Clayton Antitrust Act

Federal Reserve Act

DESCRIPTION

Gave Congress the power to create income taxes

Forbade any business practice that “substantially” lessened competition; legalized certain labor tactics

Created the Federal Reserve system, consisting of 12 Federal Reserve Banks, supervised by the Federal Reserve Board

• What caused the Republican Party to split in 1912?

• What were the major progressive accomplishments of Wilson’s presidency?

• What did the Federal Reserve Act do?

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Making Inferences

Why did progressive presidents do little to advance civil rights for African Americans?

Think About

• the goals of progressivism

• the groups of people that progressivism aimed to help

Main Idea

Why It Matters Now

Today, American women enjoy the right to vote because of women reformers in the Progressive Era.

Women became leaders in social reform movements and won the right to vote during the Progressive Era.

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What were some of the achievements of women leaders of the era?

PROGRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS

Lillian Wald

Jane Addams

Florence Kelley

Began the first non-religious visiting nurse program in the country

Began Hull House

ImageHead of the National Consumers’ League, which promoted fair working conditions in factories and stores

• How did women’s roles expand near the turn of the century?

• What was the background of many women who became leaders in social reform movements?

• How did World War I influence the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment?

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Comparing and Contrasting

In what ways was the struggle for woman suffrage similar to and different from African Americans’ struggle for equal rights?

Think About

• the restrictions that both groups faced

• how long they struggled for basic rights

REVIEW QUESTIONS

ANSWERS: READ AND TAKE NOTES

1 What problems did progressivism address?

2 How did progressive reformers expand democracy in the states?

3 What was Roosevelt’s “square deal”?

4 What were Roosevelt’s achievements in the area of conservation?

5 In what area did Taft achieve a more impressive progressive record than Roosevelt?

6 What progressive goals did the Sixteenth and Seventeenth amendments address?

7 How did Wilson’s position on big business differ from Roosevelt’s?

8 How did women’s lives change around 1900?

9 What was the background of many women progressives?

10 What helped further the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1918?

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Identifying and Solving

PROBLEM SOLUTION

Political:Patronage; limited suffrage and democracy

Social:Poverty; alcohol abuse

Economic:Power of big corporations; unemployment

Environmental:Impure food and water; diminishing natural resources

Pendleton Civil Service Act; direct primary; initiative; referendum; recall; 17th and 19th amendments

Settlement houses; 18th amendment

Clayton Antitrust Act; campaign for minimum wage laws; socialism

Pure Food and Drug Act; national parks

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