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Politics & Progressivesin the Gilded Age
1877-1920
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The Gilded Age
• Mark Twain• Superficial glitter & new wealth
• “forgettable presidents”• Causes of inaction
– Laissez Faire, campaign tactics, party patronage
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Campaign Strategy
• Close elections led to moderate cautious positions on issues
• Campaigns = brass bands, parades, free beer, but LITTLE SUBSTANCE
• Voter loyalty – ethnicity, religions, regional ties
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Political Machines
•NYC Boss Tweed – Tweed Gang = Democratic machine
•Republican NYS Senator Roscoe Conklin = “The Stalwarts”
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Who were the Progressives?
•The Populist Party•Suffragists•Muckrakers
– Journalists, Novelists, Cartoonists, Photographers
•Temperance•Anti-Imperialists
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Names to Know
Upton Sinclair – The JungleIda Tarbell – History of Standard Oil
Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives
Teddy RooseveltJane Adams – Settlement House Movement
Eugene Debs – Socialist Party
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Goals of Progressivism
• End child labor• Safe food & drugs• Peace? • Women’s rights, suffrage• Limit power of trusts• Aid for the poor• Political Reform
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Jane Addams 1860 - 1935
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Jane Addams at Hull-House, 1927.
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IDA M. TARBELL, 1857-1944
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Upton Sinclair
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Victories for Progressives
• Pure Food & Drug Act = FDA• 16th Amendment = Congress can collect taxes on income
• 17th Amendment = Direct Election of Senators
• 18th Amendment = Prohibition of alcohol
• 19th Amendment – Gave Women the Right to Vote
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Other important vocabulary
• Recall – can vote to remove state officials
• Referendum – citizens can vote directly for or against laws
• Initiative – citizens can introduce bills to the legislatures
• Primary Election – citizens vote for their party’s candidate