HIST 112 1st Edition Lecture 14Progressives Part 1Outline of Last Lecture I. ProgressivismOutline of Current LectureI. 19th amendmentII. 17th amendmentIII. 18th amendmentCurrent LectureKey Terms- Jane Addams Hull House (Chicago 1889)- Muckrakers- Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives (1890)- Ida Tarbell – History of Standard Oil (1904)- Upton Sinclair – The Jungle (1906)- “Separate spheres”- Emma Goldman and Margaret Sanger1. Inequality- Equality of rights, opportunity- Inequality of wealth- Solutionso Graduated income tax- Gender equalityo Support women’s suffrage movement1920- 19th amendmento Women get the right to voteMake country more democratic- The initiativeo Indirect initiative Petitions that propose statures for legislature to consider making into a lawThese 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.o Direct initiative Proposed statures for the referendumo The recall You could recall the government, judges17th Amendment- 1913- Direct election of senators2. Rising immortality - New temptations- Social problems- Solutionso Jane Addams & Hull House o Salvation Army Social gospel Christian salvation to the pooro Sunday Blue Laws No beer on Sunday, focus on spiritual lives o Saloon laws18th Amendment- 1919- Prohibition- Made it illegal to manufacture, sell or transport alcohol3. The teeming masses in the cities- Soaring immigration from overseas- 8.8 million new Americans arrive (1910-1920)- Cities are growing- Abandoning agricultural life- More women are workingo Birth rate fallso Divorce rates begin soaring- Child labor problems- Voluntary associations- Crime problemo Gangs- Jane Addams & Hull Houseo Solves these problems- Regulating utilities and transportation- Eugenicso Deciding who should be allowed to
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