Progressive Agendas Section 5.3
Jan 20, 2016
Start:
Without you book:
Create a three question “true or false” quiz on Chapter 8 Section
1.
With your book, create two more “true or false” questions.
Today we will:
By examining the reformsof Lafollete.
By explaining the case ofMuller v. Oregon.
Studying Jane AddamsAnd Nellie Bly
Political Reforms
Corruption was rampant in state and city government in 1900.
Reformers new change needed to take place, but the political machines were too strong to take on.
What type of place would be the best for a reformer to install and new and non-corrupt model for government?
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Galveston becomes a model of efficiency(GP) Read aritcle and answer question.
• Hurricane destroyed city (1900)• State replaced governing power from large
city-council with 5 commissioners• Most were business leaders (not
politicians)• City quickly recovered• Served as model to 158 cities on how to
build efficient government• Helped to eliminate ward boss power
Galveston was the first time a progressive agenda found it’s
way into any level of government.
Robert LaFollette would take the Galveston Model one step further.
Article 1 Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution Pg. 58
According to this section, how many Senators are there from each state and who decides who they are? Can you predict any problems this system may cause?
•“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote."
The Seventeenth AmendmentPage 70
• Calls for direct election of senators (1913)– Senators had
been chosen from state legislature
– Controlled by political machines
– Senators awarded supporters with fat contracts
Analyzing Political Cartoons
5 Steps
1.People
2.Symbols
3. Issue
4.Cartoonist’s Point of View
5.Your Point of View
Is that how we elect them? La Follete Proposals
• Direct primary– voters, not bosses, select candidates
• Initiative– citizens, not bosses, introduce bills to
legislature• Referendum
– citizens vote for or against proposed laws• Recall
– citizens vote to fire elected official
States began to regulate big business
• Wisconsin– RR commission– Power to regulate rates– Prevented unfair
competition• Maryland
– Law (1902) required employers to buy workers’ compensation insurance
• Oregon (1903)– Prohibited women working
more than 10 hours
• Brandeis brief
– economic and social statistics, expert opinions
– Said that long hours damaged health of women and therefore damaged welfare of America
Describe Mueller v. Oregon.
• Supreme Court unanimous for Oregon
• Women need special protection
• 1st case which used sociology in argument
• States can regulate business for public good
Describe Mueller v. Oregon.
Was the right to vote expanded during the Progressive era?
• Women
– Had limited right to vote in 19 states
– Could not vote for president
– Suffragettes
– Grew from 13 to 75 thousand (1893-1910)
– 19th Amendment (1920) gave full voting rights
Who was John Dewey• Progressive
educator
• Laboratories of Democracy
• Part of progressive movement
• Illiteracy
–1870 = 20%
–1920 = 6 %
Who was Jane Addams?• Progressive reformer• Saint Jane• Moved by 3 children who
had all been injured while home alone (while parents worked)
• Hull House– A settlement house– A community center in
immigrant Chicago slum– Taught English, held
political discussions, celebrated diverse cultures, day nursery