HIST 2620 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture I. Event leading to ProgressivismII. Theodore RooseveltIII. ProgressivismOutline of Current Lecture II. W.E.B. Dubois III. Labor UnionsIV. Pinnacle of the progressive eraV. AccomplishmentsCurrent LectureW.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 discriminationLabor 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 groupsPinnacle of the progressive eraThese 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 historyAccomplishments-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
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