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| Key Arguments of Progressivism |
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End political Corruption
Bring more businesslike methods to governing
offer a more compassionate legislative response to the excesses of industrialism |
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| Major Characteristics of Progressivism |
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Optimism about the ability to improve
element of social control
citizens must intervene, govt. must regulate economy and aid in social matters
poverty and success not dependent upon individual character; oppose Social Darwinism |
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| (Theodore Roosevelt)- goes after bad trusts that hurt America's economy |
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| Act that strengthened the ICC by authorizing it to set maximum railroad rates and inspect financial records |
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| Act that established the FDA |
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| Headed by Gifford Pinchot, was a step to conserving America's foresst and wildlife |
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| Irrigation of arid farmland |
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| Theodore Roosevelt and the United Mine Workers STrike |
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Roosevelt proposed
- better wages
- hour reduction
- union recognition
At first, the mine owners shut the mines down, but later reopened them by Roosevelt's terms
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Exorted Americans to reform society
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| Even, equal deal for everybody |
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- Actions
- Trustbuster
- 16th Amendment
- Safety codes for mines and RRs
- Federal Children's Bureau
- Controversy
- Cautious and less activist
- Payne-Aldrich Tariff
- Fired Gifford Pinchot
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| Authorized graduated income tax |
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| Direct election of Senators |
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granted suffrage for women
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| Underwood Simmons Act of 1913 |
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| Reform law that lowered tariff rates and levied the first regular federal income tax |
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| Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 |
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| Replaced yhr old Sherman act of 1890 as the nations basic antitrust law, protecting unions a lot more |
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provide regulatory oversight of business
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| journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils, named for "raking the muck" of American society |
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| representatives who owned stoks in a dummy company; supposed to build a railroad, but never did. Given millions |
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| two men tried to buy all the gold in the usa. they held on to the gold and the value rose. Brother in law kept Grant out of the loop. Grant released govt gold, but released too much |
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| WHiskey distillers tried to get out of paying the tax on whiskey by bribing Treasury officials. Grant's private secretary was involved. 100 people were convicted |
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| Sec. of War Belknap accepter bribes from other companies who wanted to sell only their products to Native Americans, Belknap was fired |
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| Tech Advancements of the Gilded Age |
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Telephone
Electricity
Automobiles
Airplanes |
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| Ex: Dunder Mifflin and Sabre |
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| Overseers of different companies |
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| Competing companies make deals to benefit themselves |
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| buys stock from other companies |
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| on the Board of Trustees of many companies |
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| best, brightest, strongest survive |
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| accepts the fact that the fittest survive, but the big companies give back |
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| employees agreed not to join a union to get a job |
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| if unions were striking or picketing, the factories would be closed |
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| workers who worked for really low wages (immigrants) |
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| You cannot get a job anywhere else in a city |
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| Employers hire more workers than needed |
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