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Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

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Page 1: Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

Pivotal Election of 1896

William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech

Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists

Page 2: Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings

Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech

Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists

William McKinley, Republicans

Page 3: Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

Why Bryan Lost in 1896

Little Appeal to Many Industrial Workers

Little Appeal to Middle Class

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Era of Progressive Reform

American Politics and Reform, 1900-1920

Page 5: Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict

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Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict

Populists Revolting in the Countryside; Radical Ideas Gaining Ground?

Page 7: Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict.

Populists Revolting in the Countryside.

Trusts Corrupting Politics

Page 8: Pivotal Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech Fusion Ticket with Demos, Populists.

Middle-Class in 1890s:Sense of Chaos

Big Business and Labor Locked in Violent Conflict.

Populists Revolting in the Countryside.

Trusts Corrupting Politics

Immigration Transforming Cities

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One Response: Progressivism“A Search For Order”

Broad Reform Movement with Many Strands Urban, Middle Class Government Can Solve Problems Believers in Science, Mass Organization (Big

Business Here to Stay???). Social Justice (Minimum Wage, Shorter

Working Hours) Reforming Democracy

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Jon Stewart and Glen Beck on Progressivism

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What’s the Point of the Clip?

A. Progressivism is still important more than a century later!

B. Progressivism has roots in even earlier notions of the “Public Good.”

C. Conservatives are distrustful of many types of collectivism

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Progressive Response to Immigration: Scope of Immigration 1890-1920: 18

million immigrants (1910: 13 percent of population foreign born).

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Scope of Immigration 1890-1920: 18

million immigrants (1910: 13 percent of population foreign born.

Shift to Southern, Eastern Europe

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Scope of Immigration 1890-1920: 18

million immigrants (1910: 13% foreign born).

Shift to Southern, Eastern Europe

Role of Big Business

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Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

“The Last Yankee” (1880)

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Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

Fears of job competition

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Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

Fears of job competition

Fears of political radicalism

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Why was immigration viewed as a problem?

Religious intolerance and racism

Fears of job competition

Fears of political radicalism

Political machines (Film Clip)

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Was Boss Tweed a Hero or a Villain?

A. Hero (Yea!)

B. Villain (Boo!)

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Jane Addams and “Social Justice” Progressives

Addams: college-educated, upper-middle-class background

Frustrated ambitions and strong sense of social obligation

Ellen Gates Starr & Social Gospel

Settlement Home Movement: Hull House (1889)

Jane Addams

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Activities of Settlement Homes

Housing and classes for immigrants

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Activities of Settlement Homes

Housing and classes for immigrants

Legislative reforms: child labor, public playgrounds, protection for women factory workers

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Middle-class reformers and working-class immigrants sometimes clashed

Prohibition antagonizes immigrants

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Middle-class reformers and working-class immigrants sometimes clashed

Prohibition antagonizes immigrants

Movie Censorship

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Middle-class reformers and working-class immigrants sometimes clashed Prohibition

antagonizes immigrants

Movie Censorship

Child Labor Laws and Protective Legislation