DBQ+Progressive+Reform

Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period 1900-1920. NY State safety laws after Triangle fire Mueller v. Oregon Brandeis Settlement Houses, YMCA/YWCA Women's Clubs League of Women Voters (Carrie C Catt) NAACP || _Reformers'_limitations __Lochner Case__ __Atkins v Children's Hospital__ __Equal Rights Amendment__ (Alice Paul NWP) No anti-lynching law (Ida B Wells) Plessy v Ferguson || Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, Anthracite Coal Lockout Northern Securities Case (TR-Morgan) 16th, 17th, 19th amendment Hepburn & Elkins acts ICC enforcement Adamson Act Seaman's labor Act Federal Reserve Act, Underwood Tariff || ___Federal_Government's_limitations____ Keating Owen Act (Florence Kelley NCL) 18th amendment Sheppard Towner Act Standard Oil Trust Busting (Taft-Rockefeller) Booker T Washington at White House Dismissal of AA regiment w/o hearing Wilson's segregation of Federal Bureaucracy || > > Document A- Washington Post cartoon, 1907I.T eddy Roosevelt slays bad trusts and ‘restrains’ good trusts II. Gov’t has to regulate corporations and can discern which are good/bad III. Gov’t knows what is right to protect the people > > Document C- Jane Addams’ //The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets//, 1909 I. Many children work in factories II. Teachers apathetic to youth’s involvement in industry III. Adjust education system to match realities of life > Document D- Speech by Theodore Roosevelt, 1912 I. Wanted more democratic method of electing president than Electoral College II. Wanted direct primary elections for presidents III. And direct elections for senators- see 17th amendment… eventually… > Document E- Clayton Antitrust Act, 1914 I. Monopolies are bad and illegalII. Price discrimination is "unlawful" when it damages competitionIII. Labor not a commodity; nothing in this act affects labor organizations IV. Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) now has a buddy > Document F- Herbert Croly, //New Republic//, 1914I. Wilson has had some successes but really thinks too much of himself for them, not to mention that what he has succeeded in isn’t enough II. Shows unhappiness with Wilson’s Progressive-ism and calls for more changes > Document G-Hammer v. Dagenhart, 1918 I. Saying that child labor is a state issue, remember states rights II. Some dude is opposing the federal rules with a lawsuit… Some parents want kids to work > Document H- "Kaiser Wilson" photo, 1918I. Compares Wilson to German KaiserII. Women want to vote…III. Wilson had sympathy for Germans in a similar position to American women that he has no sympathy for IV. Progressive reformations haven’t satisfied women adequately
 * _Reformers'_successes_
 * ___Federal_government's_successes__
 * Document B- Neill-Reynolds Report, 1906
 * I. Bad working/living conditions for workers in meat packing industrie
 * II. Tuberculosis/other diseases can and do run rampant in the filth
 * III. Workers not educated about cleanliness being healthy
 * IV. No real regulations on health for meat-packers and likely other low-class workers
 * IV. No real regulations on health for meat-packers and likely other low-class workers
 * Document I-
 * I. Black men drafted to fight in "great struggle," fight gladly for America and her ideals
 * II. Southern oligarchy entrenched in Washington, controls country
 * III. Civil rights still not secured for blacks in America despite their war sacrifices
 * IV. Progressive reform fails blacks and racism worsens with Wilson
 * Document J-
 * I. 19th Amendment ratified 1920…. Women who could vote didn’t? Because the percentage of eligible voters voting dropped from 1900-1920
 * II. 19th Amendment not as dramatic or important as it had been expected to be or women just didn’t vote... Typical.
 * II. 19th Amendment not as dramatic or important as it had been expected to be or women just didn’t vote... Typical.