HIST 2620 Section 008 Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture 1 The Emergence of the US as a World Military and Political Power h Philippines i Cuba j Progressive Movement i Problems in the early 20th century Outline of Current Lecture 2 The Emergence of the US as a World Military and Political Power c Progressive Movement cont d i Reaction to problems ii 3 levels of Progressivism iii Progressive presidents Current Lecture 1 The Emergence of the US as a World Military and Political Power c Progressive Movement cont d i Reaction to problems 1 Muckrakers a Teddy Roosevelt made this term Said they were making the situation worse by publicizing it b Tarbell Steffens and Sinclair were well known muckrakers i Tarbell journalist wrote about Standard Oil ii Steffens journalist wrote about the political bosses machines of big cities iii Sinclair novelist socialist The Jungle tried to convert his readers to socialism previously worked in the meatpacking district The book helped bring about the first standards and regulations for food packaging iv Pure Food and Drug Act set minimum standards for cleanliness and inspecting c Very successful in getting the word out to the public because they used cheap highly circulated magazines d They were the loudest progressives 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 ii 3 levels of Progressivism 1 Started in some big cities modernize city governments because the governments were set up so long ago Wanted to use city government to get social reforms 2 Progressives had to go to state governments because they influenced the local change 3 Progressives had to go to federal governments because they influenced state changes iii Progressive presidents 1 Teddy Roosevelt Republican a Developed his own program b Roosevelt s New Nationalism after his presidency i New social welfare programs he said these social issues were far too large and too serious to deal with in the old government informal kind of way Only the national government was capable of handling these massive reform movements 1 National factory safety laws 2 National minimum wage laws 3 National child labor legislation ii Acceptance of giant corporations regulated by federal government 1 He said you can t break large companies down to make them easier to regulate he said huge corporations can produce goods much cheaper than small companies can R D can be funded by the big companies for their own products makes things safer and better iii Direct democracy like Populists 1 Like the initiative and referendum iv Bottom line larger stronger more active federal government 1 But now people have to be worried about the federal government The federal government has to be regulated too