Chapter 19 by Rachel Rozema https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9 en-us 2017-03-21 18:31:40 UTC 2025-12-06 14:34:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Section 1 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161624609 Utopian Idealists:
  • Henry George
-Wrote "Progress and Poverty"
-The book talks about the benefits of industrialization
-He proposed a 100% tax on any increase in the value of land
-From this proposal a movement coined the Single Tax Movement formed
-George later runs for mayor and loses but his campaign results in a permanent reform coalition in New York
  • Edward Bellamy 
-Wrote "Looking Backward"
-The book is set in a Utopia without classes, lawyers, debt, and politics 
  • Ignatius Donnelly 
-Wrote "Caesar's Column"
-The book has largely divided classes and talks about communities based on unions

Muckraking Journalists:
-Largest was the "New York Evening World" and its biggest competitor was "New York Morning Journal"
-Both of these journals were known for their exposure of corruption
-The Jungle was published during this time
-The first known muckraker was Henry Demarest Lloyd

The Professors:
-Societal Reformers
    -John Dewey
        -Tried to get to Chicago, which was the center of social reform in the country, but couldn't get there because of the railroad strikes
        -This led him to experience new things about reforms and unions
    -Richard Ely
        -Wanted the government to intervene about the distinct social classes
    -Albion Small
        -Thought that sociologists shouldn't just study society but they should also try to fix it and offer solutions
        -Wrote "American Journal of Sociology"
-Social Darwinists
    -Charles Sumner & Herbert Spencer
-Believed in survival of the fittest but within social classes  
 


]]> 2017-03-21 18:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161624609 Section 4 vschmo5141 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161626303 Roosevelt - Progressive President:

- Born to a wealth family in New York, and attended Harvard College
- When his first wife died he gave up politics and moved to the Dakotas to live a "Cowboy Life"
- When he married again, he got back into politics
- He commanded troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
- Roosevelt was vice president when McKinley was shot, so he had to take his place
- Promised to remove the former president's policies
- Filed a suit under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 because he believed the Northern Securities Company was too powerful
- The case on the Northern Securities took two years to go through federal courts, but was eventually affirmed.
- That case gave Roosevelt the nickname of "Trustbuster," because he broke up the trust of the Northern Security into competing lines

]]> 2017-03-21 18:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161626303 Section 4 587 - 590 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161628208 Roosevelt -
-Extended territories protected by the federal government.
-Created many large forest reserves
-Provoked resistance in Congress
-First president to invite an African-American as a guest into the White House
-Charming family
-Extremely popular among most people
William H Taft -
-Wins on his promise to continue Roosevelt's progressive value
-Taft replaced much of Roosevelt's men, to the dismay of Roosevelt
-Tariffs rose
-Income tax dropped, but tariffs rose further
-8 hour work day
-16th amendment
-Broke apart Standard Oil
-Many antitrust acts]]> 2017-03-21 18:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161628208 Section 4 590-595 jpears1974 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161904139 - The Unique Election of 1912 
- Roosevelt and many others were estranged (alienated) from the Taft administration.  
- Taft received criticism while Wisconsin Senator Robert La Follette hinted at running for president . 
-  La Follette wanted to end monopolies with income taxes, limiting the wealthy. Roosevelt only wanted to regulate monopolies. 
- La Follette also wanted racial equality. 
- La Follette killed his campaign during a speech in Philadelphia in February 1912, while either drunk or exhausted repeated himself for two hours. 
- 7 Republican governors then asked Teddy Roosevelt to run for president. 
- Roosevelt and Taft continued to campaign throughout spring. 
- Election of 1812 was unique in the fact that a past, present, and future president.  
- Socialist nominee Eugene V. Debs ran again. 
-The Socialist Party was becoming a force to be reckoned with. 
-Socialist Party called for government ownership of all large-scale industries. 
-Socialist and Progressive Parties had similar ideas at the time. 
- Teddy Roosevelt was arguably the most popular candidate. 
-Woodrow Wilson ended up winning the election. ]]> 2017-03-22 17:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161904139 Section 2 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161906675 The Rise of Machine Politics and The Progressive Response
    -Tammany Hall
        -Political Machine in NY
        -Political Machines were a term for people exchanging support for something in return
        -This met poor and struggling families' needs but led to more corruption
The Progressive Challenge to City and State Government
    -More honest politics
        -Grover Cleveland
        -His honesty created a reputation which would later lead him to the White House
    -More laws were created that limited corruption and unfair treatment in the workplace
Progressive Education 
-John Dewey 
    -Wrote "The School and Society"
    -He created a more child centered school system
    -He wanted the school to focus on the child's needs
    -This helped the teachers wages and flexibility 
-Ella Flagg Young
    -1st woman to lead a big city system
Jane Addams and The Settlement House Movement
-The settlement houses need social services and women got more involved
-Nurses visited and helped the sick]]> 2017-03-22 17:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161906675 Section 3 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161909838 Temperance and The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
-Rooted in Protestant Christianity
-The women of the United States wanted no alcohol
-The women thought that alcohol wasted their husband's hard earned money
-This movement empowered women and led to the start of the 18th and 19th amendments
The Social Gospel
-Started by pastor Charles M. Sheldon 
-Sheldon spread the message revolved around the common saying "What would Jesus do?"
-This movement stated that improving society was right and also God's Will]]> 2017-03-22 17:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161909838 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161913041 2017-03-22 17:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161913041 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161913453 2017-03-22 17:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161913453 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161913845 2017-03-22 17:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161913845 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161914080 2017-03-22 17:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161914080 rrozem9306 https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161934737 2017-03-22 18:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rrozem9306/v1yo1c8wums9/wish/161934737