Progressivism

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Progressivism

• I. Definition and background -left of center in
  political ideologies

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-egalitarianism vs. elitism -rights vs.
liberties -internal vs. external -political
pendulum/cycles of reform --cycles of reform
-general goals of Progressive reformers
--return to old founding fathers concept of
democracy --make system more equal or
egalitarian in the face of
industrialization --curb or control what
they saw as abuses of trusts or big
business
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II. Getting the Message Out

• -Muckrakers

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III. Progressivism at the city level

• -Settlement Houses
• --Jane Addams/Hull House
• --help assimilate inner city
• immigrants
• --political activism

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IV. Progressivism at the state level

• -Robert LaFollette
• --Wisconsin Model
• - regulate Railroads
• - direct primary
• -taxation
• -unemployment
• compensation
• -child labor laws

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V. Progressivism at the federal
level -politics --William McKinley --Theodore
Roosevelt (TR)
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--William Howard Taft --Woodrow Wilson
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-Womens vote --Alice Paul --Susan B. Anthony
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-child labor -consumer protection --Meat
Inspection Act --Pure Food Drug
Act -safety -direct election of
senators -trust busting vs. regulation -moral
control