HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Last Lecture I. Spanish-American WarII. Panama Canal Outline of Current Lecture II. Event Leading to ProgressivismIII. Theodore RooseveltIV. ProgressivismCurrent LectureEvent Leading To Progressivism -in 1901 Leon Czlogosz assassinates President Mckinley-gave a speech in Buffalo, Ny about how great it was to work in the U.S.-Leon was an anarchist (a person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government) who didn’t approve the topic of Mckinley’s speech-after shaking his hand he shoots himTheodore Roosevelt-Republicans didn’t want him to have a position with political control, so they decided to have him as the VP-he was a sickly person; age 23 he was elected to be in NY Senate-after his mother and wife died on the same day he goes to the west because of his depression-once he returns back to NY he becomes police commissioner and assistant secretary for the Navy-becomes a war hero during Spanish American War-Environmentalist president- he believed the environment should be well taken care so we can exploit it and be used to better the economy-he in the term “bully pulpit” meaning an important public position that allows a person to express beliefs and opinions to many people-during his presidency is when the birth of progressivism startedThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Progressivism-college educated upper classman were pushing for this movement-they wanted to accomplish their version of the American dream-the goal was to help Americans achieve the American dream; did not apply to everyone-believed that the government should fix things when some issues aroused in American society; it was the gov.’s responsibility-four things that were created during this time: progressive income tax, inheritance tax, national banking system and government regulation-John Dewey-educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform; considered two fundamental elements: schools and civil society as being major topics needing attention and reconstruction to encourage experimental intelligence and plurality; thought classes such as sex ed and health classes should be given to students so that they could help them throughout lifeConsequences-Prostitution-red light districts were available in cities; houses run by older women who were familiar with the business; today it exists but the houses were shut down which made the women move to the streets; the women are controlled by men-Elimination of Minority Candidates- city counsels and other positions were expanded to be responsible for bigger areas; made it difficult for minorities to have a position in office unless the areas consisted ofminorities-Regulation hurts small businesses- Example: Upton Sinclair’s book “The Jungle” is about the working class poverty, the absence of social programs, harsh and unpleasant living and working conditions; aftermath was Congress passed laws to the regulation of themeat we eat; larger companies insisted that the Congress regulate them and they’ll pay for it; they passed laws to regulate the larger meatcorporations; this put small businesses in trouble because they couldn’t afford to have their meat inspected or ask for laws that catered to them Why Progressivism -the assassination of Mckinely was the event that led to this movement-Muckrakers- Yellow Journalism creating dramatic stories-Social Gospel- inspired by religion; goodness of Christianity must be put forth to government; “what would Jesus do”Margaret Sanger: founder of Birth control; she pushed very hard for this to move forward; she was jailed because of the Comstock Act; she fled to Europe to push this movement; she was a racist ideology- the reason for this was because she thought African American should not have many children; she thought America was having too many
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