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Josh Hawn Rose Futse Miranda Hyatt

EARLY ATTACKS

• Greenbackism and populism

• The Independent Republicans (mugwumps)

• The secret ballot

• Abolishing the party rule

MUNICIPAL REFORM

• Lincoln Steffens• Municipal Government• “Muckrakers”• Urban Middle-Class Progressives

• Group of people with special

interests

NEW FORMS OF GOVERNANCE

• Commission Plan•Des Moines• The City-Manager Plan• Reformers•Tom Johnson•Newton D. Baker

Tom Johnson

Newton D. Baker

STATEHOUSE PROGRESSIVISM

• Initiative • Referendum• Recall•Direct Primaries•Robert La Follette

Robert M. LaFollette, Wisconsin Governor 1900-06

PARTIES AND INTEREST GROUPS

•Party Influence• Interest Groups

VOTER PARTICIPATION IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 1876-1920

REPUBLICAN TACTICS

• Republican Conservatives ------------------------------------------------------ Tea Party Radicals

IMPACT OF LOBBIES

• What is lobbying?

• The impact of, it.

REFERENCES

• Brinkley, A. (2003). American history. (12th ed., pp. 577-581). New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Quizlet: Apush the progressive era 1901-1917. (2014). Retrieved from http://splashurl.com/mktdjod

• Wikipedia. (2014, January 14). Greenback party. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenback_Party

• Googleimages. (2012). Progressive Era. Retrieved from http://googleimages.com

• Gibson, J. (2013). Interest groups, lobbyists and congress. Retrieved from https://hobnobblog.com/2010/10/interest-groups-lobbyists-and-congress/

• Barrow, B. (2013, December 26). Health care tactics split republican senate rivals. Real Clear Politics. Retrieved from http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/26/health_care_tactics_split_republican_senate_rivals_121060.html