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What are Muckrakers

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Journalist who expose problems about corruption and abusement

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What is Progressivism

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Reform Movement

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“How the other half live” by

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Jacob Riss

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Where does the Progressive Movement have their roots?

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The Progressives had their roots in the Greenback Labor Party of the 1870s and 1880s and the Populist (or People’s) Party of the 1890s.

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“The Financier” and “The Titan” by

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Theodore Dresser ,who also wrote “Sister Carrie”, exposéd corruption of banks

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What was the purpose of the progressive?

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Use government as a tool to reform

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“Shame of the Cities” by Lincoln Stephens

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In 1902, Lincoln Steffens launched a series of articles in McClure’s entitled “The Shame of the Cities,” in which he unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and the government.

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Ida Torbellis

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Exposed ruthlessness of the Standard Oil Trust

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John Spargo’s “The Bitter Cry of the Children” exposed what?

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Child labor

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What are the “tools” of the Progressive?

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Initiatives
Referendum
Recall
Australian Ballot

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Progressives were mostly?

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Middle class citizens

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What were the four amendments pass due to the progressive movement?

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16- Income tax
17- direct election of senators
18- prohibition
19- women’s suffrage

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Example of local government reform?

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Galveston, TX the city-manager system, which was designed to take politics out of municipal administration.

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example of local government reform in Wisconsin?

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In Wisconsin, Governor Robert M. La Follette wrestled control from the trusts and returned power to the people, becoming a Progressive leader in the process.

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Where does progressive take root?

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California, Oregon, Wisconsin

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Muller vs. Oregon?

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Attempt to protect women workers but results in women not being seen as equal so paid less

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Lochner vs NY

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Invalidates NY city law establishing a ten hour day for bakers

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When was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, and what happen after?

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1911, leads to Protective Legislative

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Square Deal?

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Theodore Roosevelt’s platform

Intention: was to level the playing field

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Square Deal consisted of the 3 ?

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3 C’s
Control Corporation
Consumer Protection
Conversation of Natural Resources

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Anthracite Coal Miners Strike?

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Strike breaks out in 1902 in Pennsylvania T.R calls both sides to White House and sides with labor. TR threatens to take over mines with federal troops if a deal is not work out:
Results 10% raise and 9 hour workday

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Who is know as a the TRUSTBUSTER ?

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Theodore Roosevelt in reality Trust regulator: philosophy good/bad trusts

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What is the Department of Commerce and Labor?

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In 1903, the Department of Commerce and Labor was formed which probe businesses engaged in interstate commerce; it was highly useful in “trust-busting.”

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Biggest example of trust busted by T.R?

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In 1902 Northern Securities Trust by JP Morgan and James Hill

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Elkins Act

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1903 outlaws rebates

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Hepburn Act

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1906 outlaws free passes

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Elkins and Hepburn Act regulated which trust?

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RailRoads

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How many trust did TR bust?

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TR crack down on over 40 trusts, and he helped dissolve the beef, sugar, fertilizer, and harvester trusts, but in reality, he wasn’t as large of a trustbuster as he has been portrayed.

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Who wrote “The Jungle”

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Upton Sinclair

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Example of local government reform?

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Galveston, TX the city-manager system, which was designed to take politics out of municipal administration.

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example of local government reform in Wisconsin?

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In Wisconsin, Governor Robert M. La Follette wrestled control from the trusts and returned power to the people, becoming a Progressive leader in the process.

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Where does progressive take root?

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California, Oregon, Wisconsin

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Muller vs. Oregon?

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Attempt to protect women workers but results in women not being seen as equal so paid less

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Lochner vs NY

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Invalidates NY city law establishing a ten hour day for bakers

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When was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, and what happen after?

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1911, leads to Protective Legislative

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Square Deal?

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Theodore Roosevelt’s platform

Intention: was to level the playing field

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Square Deal consisted of the 3 ?

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3 C’s
Control Corporation
Consumer Protection
Conversation of Natural Resources

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