HIST 2620 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I Event leading to Progressivism II Theodore Roosevelt III Progressivism Outline of Current Lecture II W E B Dubois III Labor Unions IV Pinnacle of the progressive era V Accomplishments Current Lecture W E B Dubois he advocated confrontation progressive educator he changed the interpretation of reconstruction by saying it failed because of racism while others believed it failed because blacks were trying to be in charge Niagara Movement in 1905 he met with 30 men in Canada where they drafted demands to end all forms of discrimination Labor Unions president on the side 1902 Roosevelt steps in on the side of the labor workers dispute he sends in an army and demands that the employers fix their issues with the employees IWW all workers should be united as a social class and that capitalism and wage labor should be abolished American Socialist Party democratic socialist political party support from many different groups including trade unionists progressive social reformers populist farmers and immigrant communities working people own and control the means of production and distribution through democratically controlled public agencies cooperatives or other collective groups Pinnacle of the progressive era These 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 President Wilson was supportive of progressivism democrat wins 42 of votes he wanted to continue what Roosevelt started because Americans enjoyed the growing movement of fulfilling the American dream instead of having the Congress set the agenda he made it his job to handle that responsibility Moralist with a dark side first president to be elected from the South he encouraged Americans to watch the movie Birth of a Nation which was a film about American history Accomplishments lower tariffs progressive income tax federal trade commission Clayton anti trust act was passed federal reserve system workers compensation four amendments 16th 17th 18th and 19th
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