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| a collection of different ideas and activities |
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| crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption |
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| published a series of articles critical of Standard Oil Company |
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| attacked the Beef Industry |
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| targeted government and described how money influenced the senate |
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| Reported on vote stealing and other corrupt practices of urban political machines-- wrote the Shame of the Citys |
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| wrote the book How the Other Half Lives, described poverty, disease, and crime that afflicted many immigrant neighborhoods in New York City |
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| how a company could become more efficient by managing time, breaking tasks in to small pars, and using standardized tools |
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| wanted to apply scientific management to government and wanted experts not politicians to run city govnt |
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| "Laboratory of Democracy" |
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| Wisconsin-- Robert La Follette- governor of wisconsin |
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| all party members could vote for a candidate to run in the general election |
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| allowed a group of citizens to introduce legislation and required the legislature to vote on it |
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| allowed proposed legislation to be submitted to the voters for approval |
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| allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before his term had expired |
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| provided for the direct election of US Senators |
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| First women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY 1848 |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott |
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| the movement for womens voting rights |
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| split the suffrage movement into two groups |
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| formed the National Woman's Party to protest for force wilson to take action on suffrage |
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| gave women the right to vote |
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| Workers compensation laws |
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| laws established insurance funds financed by employers |
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| advocated the moderation or elimination of alcohol |
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| laws banning the manufacture, sale, or consumption |
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| idea that government should own and operate industry for the community as a whole |
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| The former American Railway leader won almost a million votes as the American Socialist Party candidate for president |
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| Roosevelts progressive reforms |
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| Northern Securities Holding Company |
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J. Hill, J.P. Morgan, E.H. Herriman
created to control the stock market |
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| Northern Securities vs. the United States |
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Violated the sherman Anti-Trust Act
Roosevelt becomes known as the "Trust-Buster" |
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| a settlement imposed by an outside party |
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| had the authority to investigate corporations and issue reports on their activities |
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| gave federal anti-trust suits precedence on the dockets of circuit courts |
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| Intended to strengthen the ICC |
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| regulate the railroad industry--ineffective b/c it lacked sufficient authority |
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| Upton Sinclair--book on slaughter houses in Chicago which led to the meat inspection act |
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| pure food and drug act of 1906 |
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| prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs |
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| Roosevelt put his stamp on most clearly as president |
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| Environmental Conservation |
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| Authorized the use of federal funds from public land sales to pay for irrigation and land development projects |
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| head of US Forest Service |
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| What position did Taft want |
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| Tafts approach to presidency |
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| responded slowly and approached problems from a more logistic point of view |
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| Established by Taft, investigated and publicized problems with child labor |
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| increase the regulatory powers of the ICC |
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| Democratic nominate for president in 1912 |
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| Teddy Roosevelt's program of reforms |
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| Wilson's counter program of reforms to Roosevelt's |
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| Reduced the average tariff on imported goods to about 30% of the value of the goods, or about half the tariff rate of the 1890's |
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| direct tax on the earnings of individuals and corporations |
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| made it legal for the government to tax the income of individuals directly--income tax |
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| made it legal for the government to tax the income of individuals directly--income tax |
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| restored public confidence in the banking system--regulated interest rates to control money circulation |
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| monitored American business, had the power to investigate companies and issue cease and desist orders against companies. |
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| banned tying agreements and price discrimination |
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| prohibited the employment of children under the age of 14 to work in factories |
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| the 8 hour work day for rail road workers |
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| 12 federal land banks to provide farmers with long term loans at low intrest rates |
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| a meeting which led to the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) |
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