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Progressivists
Middle class reformers that try to use the government to fix societies evils
Progressive social goals
Tenements, crime, factory labor, product quality
Progressive economic goals
get rid of trusts
Progressive political goals
End corruption, no more elite controlling government, and make it more democratic aka power to people
mukrakers
Writers in magazines that try to expose a society problem. They didn’t lie, but hoped that the people would put pressure on the government to fix these problems.
Progressiveness in government and politics
initiative referendum recall corrupt practices act Australian ballot 17th amendment 19th amendment
Initiative
People propose legislation and force government to vote on it
Referendum
people vote on issues that legislation comes up with
Corrupt practices act
caps on how much money a candidate can accept from businesses for campaign
Progressives are not
Socialists
Australian ballot
confidential vote
17th amendment
direct election of senate
19th amendment
womens suffrage
recall
people can vote a law out if they don’t like it
Womens protection in workforce
Many states pass laws restriciting working hours and conditions that women worked in because their fragile bodies are needed to bear children
Muller v Oregan
A man overworks a women and refuses to pay fine so he takes it to national court. Us supreme court officially enforces womens protection in the workplace.
Triangle Shirtwaist company
Women are padlocked in on the tenth floor to sew, but they all die in a horrible fire
18th ammendment
Complete ban on all alcoholic beverages in america
TR’s 3 C’s
Controlling corporations
Conserving the enviroment
Caring for the consumer
Caing for consumer
Not allowing companies to produce a dangerous product, or false- advertising
Conserving the enviroment
making sure that forests and americas nature wealth is protected
Controlling corporations
Keep some trusts and bust others that were bad for the consumer
Elkins and hepburn act
First successful effort to limit railroad
Anthrocyte coal shortage
Workers go on strike and owners realize that america will blame the workers if they don’t get their coal, but TR says that if they dont find something out, he will send troops down to mine the coal for the people