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CHAPTER 29 – Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt
“The real heart of the movement is to use government as an agency of human welfare.”
Progressives (see
intro paragraph)
Progressive Roots
 Reasons for change in social philosophy
 Jacob Riis (and see his photo at bottom of page)
 Progressive groups:
Muckrakers
*exposé
Raking Muck with the Muckrakers
 Magazines & competition tactic
 Lincoln Steffens
 Ida Tarbell
 David Phillips
 Ray S. Baker
 John Spargo
 Dr. Harvey Wiley
 Frederick Taylor (Amsco pg. 426)
 Muckraking goal:
Answer: What issues were addressed by the major muckrakers?
Direct primary
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
Australian ballot
Political Progressivism
 Progressive goals (2):
 Political reforms
 17th Amendment (1913)
 Woman suffrage
“Millionaire’s Club”
City-manager system Progressivism in the Cities and States
 Municipal (city-level) reforms
 Governor LaFollette
o Other state reformers
Progressive Women
 Benefits of settlement house movement
 Female activism areas:
 Muller v. Oregon
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o Lochner v. New York
 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire & political effects
 Temperance movement & WCTU
TR’s Square Deal for Labor
 Square Deal 3Cs:
 Anthracite Coal Strike, threat & resolution
TR Corrals the Corporations
 Elkins Act, 1903 (also see as Mann-Elkins Act in Amsco pg. 432)
trustbuster
 Hepburn Act, 1906
 Northern Securities case
 Other busted trusts:
Meat Inspection
Act, 1906
Pure Food & Drug
Act, 1906
Gifford Pinchot
Conservationist
*reclamation
Sierra Club
John Muir
Caring for the Consumer
 Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle & effects
Earth Control
 Forest Reserve Act of 1891
 Newlands Act, 1902
 TR’s biggest achievement & public support reasons
 Hetch Hetchy controversy (give both arguments)
 “multiple-use resource management”
The “Roosevelt Panic” of 1907
 Panic of 1907
o Financial reforms
The Rough Rider Thunders Out (see political cartoon on pg. 682)
 1908 candidates (3)
 Roosevelt’s legacy
Taft: A Round Peg in a Square Hole
 Taft’s strengths and weaknesses
The Dollar Goes Abroad as a Diplomat
 “Dollar Diplomacy” (how was it supposed to work?)
 Honduras & Haiti
 Other American interventions
 Lodge Corollary (Amsco pg. 412)
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“rule of reason”
Taft the Trustbuster
 Taft’s trustbusting & repercussions w/TR
Taft Splits the Republican Party
 Payne-Aldrich Tariff & reaction
 Ballinger-Pinchot affair
 TR’s “New Nationalism”
Answer: Why did the Progressive wing of the Republican Party turn against Taft?
The Taft-Roosevelt Rupture
 National Progressive Republican League candidate
 Roosevelt changes his mind
 1912 Republican Convention controversy
 Ashcan School (we’ll discuss in class)
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