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Teacher’s Guide -- Social Issues and Reformers Chart: 1895-1915
Identify and
Describe Progressive Reform/Reformers and how they
describe the
sought to address the problem
problem
African American
Rights
Abandonment or
Abuse of Women
Child Labor
Dangerous
Working
Conditions
Political
Corruption
Poor Sanitation
Trusts/Economic
Concentration
Women’s Rights
Reforming Government
Local Government
City Reforms
Problems Sought to Address
Cities hired experts in different
fields to run a single aspect of
City
city government. For example,
Commissioner
the sanitation commissioner
Plan
would be in charge of garbage
and sewage removal.
City Manager
Plan
A professional city manager is
hired to run each department of
the city and report directly to the
city council.
State Government
Democratic Reform
Secret Ballot
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
Direct
Primary
Description
Privacy at the ballot box
ensures that citizens can
cast votes without party
bosses knowing how they
voted.
Allows voters to petition
state legislatures in order
to consider a bill desired
by citizens.
Allows voters to decide if
a bill or proposed
amendment should be
passed.
Allows voters to petition to
have an elected
representative removed
from office.
Ensures that voters select
candidates to run for
office, rather than party
bosses.
Problems Sought to
Address
Federal Government Reforms
Constitutional
Amendment
16th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution
(1913)
17th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution
(1913)
18th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution
(1919)
19th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution
(1920)
Description
Problems Sought to
Address
Student Notes: Progressive Era Federal Regulation
Federal
Legislation
Newlands
Reclamation
Act
(1902)
Elkins Act
(1903)
Pure Food and
Drug Act
(1906/1911)
Meat Inspection
Act (1906)
Hepburn Act
(1906)
Federal Reserve
Act (1913)
Clayton
Antitrust Act
(1914)
Federal Trade
Act
(1914)
Description of Act
Problem It Sought to
Address