Political Reform

• Political Machines– Run by party bosses

• Ex: “Boss Tweed” and Tammany Hall, NYC

Political Machines

• NegativesWhat is bad about them?

• PositivesWhat is good about them?

Cartoonist Thomas Nast

• Tammany hall lives on….

Political Reforms

• ________________ ballot

• Direct ___________

• Political ____________ instead of caucus

• Recall, Initiative, Referendum

California

• Hiram Johnson– Governor – US Senator

California

• Progressive successes– Limits power of Southern pacific Railroad– Referendum, initiative, recall– Women’s suffrage 1911– Accounting reforms– Workmen’s Compensation laws– Parks

California

• Progressive reforms and failures– Vice laws– Hetch-Hetchy– Temperance– Alien Land Act– Failure to provide relief for labor

• violence

African-Americans

• Accomodation • Activism

National Progressive Politics

• Issues– The Trusts– Protecting Workers and consumers– The Environment– The Banks– Taxes and Tariffs– Political Corruption– Temperance– Women’s Suffrage