I. Urban Amusement; Urban Moral ControlII. Battling Alcohol and DrugsIII. Immigration Restriction and EugenicsUrban Amusement; Urban Moral ControlAmusement ParksOffered families escape from tenementsFemale workers had a rare opportunities to meet young men, socialize with other womenConey Island- attracted several million visitorsWhere immigrants learned how to e AmericanAmerica On The MoveStreetcar rides and window shopping- electricity- at least they could look to poor to buyWright Bros airplane and Ford’s Model TMusic SceneBlues- reached a broader publicRagtimeIrving Berlin- Alexander’s Ragtime ManThe Silver ScreenMoviesMovies migrated to 5 cent calls called NickelodeonsThe Sneeze, The Kiss,Stories like the “The Great Train Ride”Charlie Chapman- 60 short comedies 1914-1917Youths escaped was from parental supervisionStodgy ReactionsCrusaders and opportunistsWomens Christian Temperance union- reformers also targeted ProstitutionProstitution was tempting because they made no money in regular business“The Social Evil”American Social Hygiene Association- sponsored by John D. Rockefeller Jr.Researched STD’sPaid for vice investigationDrafted anti-prostitution lawsA white slave- is what they were calledCant transport a girl across state lineReformer shut down the redlight districts of Chicago and New OrleansCausation and ConsequenceRacismAnti Immigrant PrejudiceVictorian Morals all fueled anti- prostitution effortsAA Boxer- Jack Johnson was convicted for crossing state lines with a woman for immoral purposesBattling Alcohol and DrugsNative SanctimonyThe First War on drugsPhysicians, medicine peddlers, and legit drug companies all prescribed and sold opium and heroinCocaine was an ingredient in Coca- ColaCongress passed ____Harrison Act_ heroin, cocaine and opiumRacist undertonesChinese opium Dens, Drug crazed negros would imperil white womanhoodImmigration Restriction and EugenicsImmigrants passed through Ellis IslandSouthern and Eastern Europe200,000 Japs40,000 ChineseMexicans seeking railroad workWhite hypocritesDismay over immigrant descriptionImmigrant Restriction league in 1894- BostonAmerican Federation of Labor feared job replacementAdvocates tried to document their caseProved that new immigrants innate degenerationProof 1 prominent psychologist claimed that they were stupid.Erecting Hurdles and Bureaucratic HoopsLiteracy Test 1913,1915, 1896Excluded immigrants over the age of 16 who could not read English or their native language1917 they overrode presidents veto and passed them anywayHitler’s American ForefathersHelped fueled the Eugenics movementsSome US eugenists believed that society could be improved by protecting America from inferior races“The Passing of the Great Race” 1968 madison Grant liberal progressive,Used fake data to denounce everyone in particular JewsGrant called for Racial segregation, immigrant restriction, involuntary sterilization or worthless racesMany states legalized sterilizing criminalsCriminals, sex offenders, retards,Buck vs Bell- upheld sterilizationsHIST 106 2nd Edition Lecture 13Outline of Last Lecture I. Urban Amusement; Urban Moral ControlII. Battling Alcohol and DrugsIII. Immigration Restriction and EugenicsOutline of Current LectureI. T.R. and the modern presidencyII. Roosevelt and laborIII. Birth of the conservation movementIV. Corporate regulationV. Taft and the insurgentsCurrent Lecture- Intro- T.R. and the modern presidencyo Chief Executive, indeed T.R. became the first modern president to involve the media in his campaign (ex. Media presses) Believed that the president can do anything he wants as long as the constitution did not say that the act was illegal He broadened executive power and increased the size of the federal governmento Chief legislator? T.R. wrote a lot of legislation and wrote many letters to congress explicitly saying what he wanted congress to do T.R. avoided bumping heads with the oldie congressmen His shifts in government power favored the executive branch and revolutionized the executive branch Believed in efficiency and expertise and wanted people who were experts in theirfield to work for him- This lead to good public management and allowed the country to have bettereducated people in high government seatso Chief propagandist Was the first rock star president and loved the limelight and loved hearing himself speak- Roosevelt and laboro Intro/context 1902 coal strike- Members of a coal mine walked off of work one day in protest for 8-hour work days - Workers behaved in orderly conduct and wanted to negotiate with the managers - President Roosevelt invited both sides to the white house, against the wishes of his legal advisors- Owners refused to speak to the minors and this crushed the spirits of the minorso Compromise and consequences T.R. is not really for the laborers and even favored shooting the minors but wanted to help out with this situation for the better good of the public Startled the owners by saying that he would use the army not to crush the strikers but to seize and operate the mines and would do this if the owners did not reopen the mines before winter This gave the minors a 10% pay increase and a 9-hour workday and prohibited owners from increasing coal prices by 10% Roosevelt’s intervention in the issue set the precedent for having presidents intervening in domestic issues (beginning of the green movement)- Birth of the conservation movemento Intro/context New generation of progressive era believed that conservation was the future of America as materials needed to be conserved today to have a better tomorrowo Resource management, big government style Appointed Pinchot to help with the conservation movement and he helped triple the size of forest reserves to 150 million acres - 180 million acres were set aside for mineral and petroleum reserves o The inevitable critics T.R. favored a scientific and efficient than an uncontrolled use of resources o $$$ Silences critics 1802 Reclamation act: engineers construct dams, reservoirs, irrigation canals- Did not enforce the 60 acre limit on land which allowed for the massive corporate lands in the westo Government sponsored racism Made irrigation ways to help make water available for white and land available for whites- Corporate regulationo Intro/context Was a trust buster (took down the large trusts/monopolies) Regarded the formation of large
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