“American standard of living” - PowerPoint Presentation

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“American standard of living”Birth control movementEllis IslandFederal Trade CommissionFordismIndustrial Workers of the WorldMaternalist reformsMuckrakingMuller v. OregonNew feminismProgressive PartyPure Food and Drug ActScientific managementSeventeenth AmendmentSixteenth AmendmentSociety of American Indians

Chapter 18:

The Progressive Era,

1900-1916Slide2

I. An Urban Age and a Consumer SocietySlide3

A. Farms and Cities For the last time in American history, farms and cities grew together.It was the city that became the focus of Progressive politics and of a new mass consumer society.New York was the largest city.Slide4

B. The MuckrakersA new generation of journalists writing for mass-circulation national magazines exposed the ills of industrial and urban life.Lincoln SteffensMajor novelists of the era took a similar unsparing approach to social ills.Upton SinclairSlide5

C. Immigration as a Global ProcessBetween 1901 and 1914, 13 million immigrants came to the United States, many through Ellis Island.Asian and Mexican immigrants entered the United States in fewer numbers.Asians entered through Angel Island.Slide6

World Migration, 1815-1914Slide7

D. The Immigrant Quest for FreedomLike their nineteenth-century predecessors, the new immigrants arrived imagining the United States as a land of freedom.Some immigrants were "birds of passage," who planned on returning to their homeland.The new immigrants clustered in close-knit ethnic neighborhoods.Slide8

E. Consumer FreedomThe advent of large department stores in central cities, chain stores in urban neighborhoods, and retail mail-order houses for farmers and small-town residents made available to consumers throughout the country the vast array of goods now pouring from the nation's factories.Leisure activities also took on the characteristics of mass consumption."Nickelodeon" motion-picture theatersSlide9

F. The Working Woman Traditional gender roles were changing dramatically as more women were working for wages.Married women were working more.The working woman became a symbol of female emancipation.Battles emerged within immigrant families of all nationalities between parents and their self-consciously "free" children, especially daughters.Slide10
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G. The Rise of FordismHenry Ford revolutionized manufacturing with the moving assembly line.Ford paid his employees five dollars a day so that they could afford to buy his car.Slide12

H. The Promise of AbundanceEconomic abundance would eventually come to define the American way of life, in which personal fulfillment was to be found through acquiring material goods.Earning a "living wage" came to be viewed as a natural and absolute right of citizenship.Father John A. RyanMass consumption came to occupy a central place in descriptions of American society and its future.Slide13

II. Varieties of ProgressivismSlide14

A. Industrial FreedomFrederick W. Taylor pioneered scientific management.Eroded freedom of the skilled workersMany believed that unions embodied an essential principle of freedom-the right of people to govern themselves.Slide15

B. The Socialist Presence and Eugene DebsThe Socialist Party called for immediate reforms.Socialism flourished in diverse communities throughout the country.New YorkMilwaukeeEugene Debs was socialism's loudest voice.He ran for president in 1912 on the Socialist ticket.Slide16

C. AFL and IWWThe AFL sought to forge closer ties with forward-looking corporate leaders who were willing to deal with unions as a way to stabilize employee relations.A group of unionists who rejected the AFL's exclusionary policies formed the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).Slide17

D. The New Immigrants on StrikeImmigrant strikes demonstrated that while ethnic divisions among workers impeded labor solidarity, ethnic cohesiveness could also be a basis of unity.The Lawrence strike demonstrated that workers sought not only higher wages but the opportunity to enjoy the finer things in life.Slide18

E. Labor and Civil LibertiesThe courts rejected the claims of labor.Labor unions fought for the right to assemble and speak freely.Slide19

F. The New FeminismFeminists' forthright attack on traditional rules of sexual behavior added a new dimension to the discussion of personal freedom.Issues of intimate personal relations previously confined to private discussion blazed forth in popular magazines and public debates.Slide20

G. The Birth Control MovementEmma Goldman lectured on sexual freedom and access to birth control.Margaret Sanger placed the issue of birth control at the heart of the new feminism.Slide21

H. Native American ProgressivismThe Society of American Indians was founded in 1911 as a reform organization independent of white control.Carlos Montezuma became an outspoken critic, demanding that all Indians be granted full citizenship.Slide22

III. The Politics of ProgressivismSlide23

A. Effective FreedomProgressivism was an international movement as cities throughout the world experienced similar social strains from rapid industrialization and urban growth.Drawing on the reform programs of the Gilded Age and the example of European legislation, Progressives sought to reinvigorate the idea of an activist, socially conscious government.Progressives could reject the traditional assumption that powerful government posed a threat to freedom because their understanding of freedom was itself in flux.John DeweySlide24

B. State and Local ReformsState and local governments enacted most of the era's reform measures.The Gilded Age mayors such as Hazen Pingree pioneered urban Progressivism.The most influential Progressive administration at the state level was that of Robert M. La Follette, who made Wisconsin a "laboratory for democracy."Slide25

C. Progressive DemocracyProgressives hoped to reinvigorate democracy by restoring political power to the citizenry and civic harmony to a divided society.But the Progressive era also witnessed numerous restrictions on democratic participation.Voting was seen more as a privilege for a few.Slide26

D. Jane Addams and Hull HouseOrganized women reformers spoke for the more democratic side of Progressivism.In doing so, they placed on the political agenda new understandings of female freedom.Jane Addams founded Hull House in Chicago.The new woman was college educated, middle class, and devoted to providing social services.Settlement houses produced many female reformers.Slide27

E. The Campaign for Woman SuffrageThe campaign for woman suffrage became a mass movement.By 1900, over half the states allowed women to vote in local elections dealing with school issues.Slide28

F. Maternalist ReformIronically, the desire to exalt women's role within the home did much to inspire the reinvigoration of the suffrage movement.Muller v. Oregon (1908) upheld the constitutionality of an Oregon law setting maximum working hours for women.Louis BrandeisBrandeis argued that the right to government assistance derived from citizenship itself.Slide29

IV. The Progressive PresidentsSlide30

A. Theodore RooseveltRoosevelt's Square Deal attempted to confront the problems caused by economic consolidation by distinguishing between "good" and "bad" corporations.Roosevelt used the Sherman Antitrust Act to dissolve the Northern Securities Company.He pushed to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and for more regulation of the food and drug industry.Slide31

B. The Conservation MovementRoosevelt also moved to preserve parts of the natural environment from economic exploitation.John Muir and the Sierra ClubSlide32

C. Taft in OfficeTaft pursued antitrust policy even more aggressively than Roosevelt.He supported the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution.Progressive Republicans broke from Taft after the Ballinger-Pinchot affair.Slide33

D. The Election of 1912The election was a four-way contest between Taft, Roosevelt, the Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and the Socialist Eugene V. Debs.It became a national debate on the relationship between political and economic freedom in the age of big business.Slide34
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E. New Freedom and New NationalismWilson insisted that democracy must be reinvigorated by restoring market competition and freeing government from domination by big business.Roosevelt called for heavy taxes on personal and corporate fortunes and federal regulation of industries including railroads, mining, and oil.The Progressive Party platform offered numerous proposals to promote social justice.Slide36

F. Wilson’s First TermWilson proved himself a strong executive leader.With Democrats in control of Congress, Wilson moved aggressively to implement his version of Progressivism.Underwood TariffClayton ActSlide37

G. The Expanding Role of GovernmentFederal Reserve systemFederal Trade Commission