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1 U.S. HISTORY GUIDED NOTES CHAPTER 17 NAME PERIOD wanted to bring about to the and problems brought forth because of and. They encouraged their and the to enact to address the issues faced by the. Progressives wanted to use and to make society work in a more efficient and orderly way. Many were motivated by faith sought. Progressives were people; They believed that highly leaders should use modern ideas and scientific ideas to. Progressives sought women, government. Addressing urban issues such as (1) (2) (3) (4) Addressing and. Sought to address the of workers.

2 Progressive journalists who sensationalized and publicized the issues of corruption and urban decay advocating for the need for reform were called? Who was a child of German immigrants who became a Baptist minister who thought that Christianity should be the basis for social reform? What did Rauschenbusch believe was the basis of all reforms? But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the and the only, as the standard of all and the basis of all. {GC 595.1} Rauschenbusch blended ideas from : (1) (2) To form what he called the by following Bible teachings about charity and justice. He explained, the people could make society. Many leaders followed Rauschenbusch s program. They began to urge the end of and a shorter. They also pushed for the to -- the power of corporations and trusts. were set up as community centers that provided social services to the urban poor. During this time, religious organizations such as this organization also provided services to the urban poor. In addition to its goal of promoting Christian values, this organization offered classes, dances, and sports. This organization is called? The under which Jesus lived was and oppressive; on every hand were crying abuses,--extortion, intolerance, and grinding cruelty. Yet the Saviour attempted no. He attacked no, nor condemned the national enemies. He did not interfere with the authority or administration of those in power. He who was our example kept aloof from earthly governments. Not because He was indifferent to the woes of men, but because the did not lie in merely human and external measures. To be efficient, the cure must

3 reach men individually, and must. {Desire of Ages, 509.3} Not by the decisions of or or, not by the patronage of worldly great men, is the kingdom of Christ established, but by the implanting of Christ's nature in humanity through the work of the. "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:12, 13. Here is the only that can work the uplifting of mankind. And the human agency for the accomplishment of this work is the and of the of. {The Desire of Ages, 509.4} Progressives seek to improve lives of. This lawyer helped convince the state of Illinois to ban child labor and other states soon passed similar laws. In 1902, she helped form the National Child Labor Committee successfully lobbying the Federal Government to create the U.S. Children s Bureau in This agency examined any issue that affected the health and welfare of children. The agency still exists today. Who is she? Progressives also tried to better children s lives by improving? A number of states passed laws that required children to attend until a certain age. However there was debate to what children should l. Some argued, others and. Progressives also sought to address the fact that the U.S. in the 1900s had the highest rate of in the world. In March 1911 a fire at this factory in New York City killed 146 female workers. This sparked outrage. Progressives called for reform to make workplaces safer and worker compensation laws to fund paid workers hurt on the job. This incident is called? Instead of picking candidates to run for state and local offices. Progressives sought a where citizens themselves to select nominees for upcoming election.

4 This Gave people the power to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting citizens signatures on the petition. This meant that the voters themselves could pass laws instead of waiting for elected officials to act. This is called? This Allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature. This is called? This gave voters the power to remove public servants from office before their terms ended. This is called? Progressives also helped in the drive for for by voters and not the state legislatures. That reform became law in 1913 when the to the Constitution was approved. Chapter 17:2: What court case ruled that The Supreme Court ruled that long working hours harmed working women and their families? founded by gave special and urged women to buy them and avoid products that did not have these labels. NCL backed laws calling for the government to inspect to make work places safer, and to make payments to the unemployed. Kelly also helped form the, another group that tried to improve conditions for factory workers. This organization pushed for that set a and an workday. Main goal for progressive women was to family life. They pushed for laws that could help keep families healthy and safe. One focus of this effort was the temperance movement led by the. The group promoted, the practice of never. Members felt that alcohol often led men to spend their on liquor, their families, and abuse their wives. Their work led to the passage of the which outlawed the production and sale of. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for to drink ; nor for princes

5 : Lest they drink, and forget the, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Proverbs 31:4-5. is a, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Proverbs 20:1 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Titus 2:12. She thought that family life and women s health would improve if mother s had fewer children. In 1916, She opened the country s first birth-control clinic. She was jailed several times as a public nuisance. Ultimately the Federal Courts ruled that doctors can give out information on family planning. Her name is? In 1921, Sager found the league to make information more available to women., president of the National American Women s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) introduced a two prong approach to bring about the right for women to vote. Women Fight for the Right to Vote: (1) Some women lobbied to pass a amendment giving women the to. (2) Others used the new process to try to pass state laws. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, and led NAWSA to support the war effort. Their actions led to lawmakers to support. In June 1919 Congress approved the to the Constitution that gave women the. Progressives sought to immigrants, this is called. Teach them. Change how immigrants Advised immigrants how to like Pushed them to replace the and of their homelands with practices and values. These reformers believed that immigrants into American society would make them more

6 and citizens. Many progressives found immigrants use of alarming but in European countries, it was customary for families to serve wine or beer with every meal. Many reformers believed these practices had faults. In the face of injustice the nation s most visible African American leader urged. What African America leader told blacks to move slowly toward racial progress, by working hard and waiting patiently, he believed, African Americans would gradually win white Americans respect and eventually would be able to exercise their full voting and citizenship rights. His name is? But there were African Americans that opposed view. The most outspoken among them were and. Both men had been raised in New England and educated at. Both urged African Americans to demand guaranteed by the. and were concerned that all across the South, black men were being denied the to. In the summer of 1905 they and other leading African American thinkers met at the side of Niagara Falls. They had to do so because the New York side of the border to give them rooms. The group called the denounced the idea of progress and sought. They condemned focus only teaching. However this group was small and lacked. In the summer of 1908, a in attempted to lynch two African American prisoners in the city jail. Upon learning that the prisoners were secured in another location, the rioters turned their anger against residents killing two and destroying 40 homes. This is called the. This outraged both the and also White reformers.

7 The fact that this riot happened at hometown opened white reformers eyes. That there was a definite need to help to protect their lives, win their to vote and secure their. In 1909, Progressive White leaders and the Niagara Movement formed the. The aimed to help African Americans through the to challenge. During the early twentieth century, many African Americans began to to the. Thus a network of relief agencies were formed called the. While the helped black struggle for political and social justice, the Urban League focused on. The league helped families to buy and books and send children to school. in New York formed the in 1843 to provide religious education and to help Jewish families. They also formed the league in 1913 in response to the growing Anti-Semitism. formed the which offered Mexican Americans many of the same services that the Urban League gave to African Americans. Chapter 17:4 The rising young Republican politician unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September Which president was assassinated that allowed Teddy Roosevelt to be president? Young and physically robust, Roosevelt brought a new energy to the White House, and won a on his own merits in Roosevelt s program was called the.

8 Its goals were to keep the and from of small business owners and the poor. He wanted to give everyone opportunity to succeed. Roosevelt confronted the bitter struggle between management and labor head-on and became known as the great for his strenuous efforts to break up industrial combinations under the. One example is in 1904, when Roosevelt had his attorney general file a suit in the Supreme Court against the. The ruled that this big railroad company was an and forced the company to break into. One example was in 1902, where Roosevelt intervened in a. What did the Miners want? (1) (2) Roosevelt for the miners but coal was still needed to heat homes. Roosevelt threatened to send to take of the mines and have Federal employees run it. This was the time the had stepped in to help workers in a. The coal strike was one of many steps Roosevelt took to control the of. Within a year Roosevelt convinced Congress to establish the to monitor businesses engaged in and keep from.

9 The cost of on railroads had been in issue since the 1870s. Railroad companies could charge they wanted. Roosevelt pushed congress to pass the Elkins Act in 1903 which imposed fines on railroads that gave special rates to favored shippers. In 1906, he got congress to pass the which gave the ICC strong enforcement powers. The law gave the government the to set and shipping costs. The act also set for ferries, bridge oils, and oil pipelines. Roosevelt passed the : It provided federal agents to inspect any sold across and required federal inspection of meat-processing plants. It placed the same controls on other and on. It also the interstate shipment of impure food and the mislabeling of food and drugs. is the modern equivalent. The government would build and manage that would create and generate power and direct water flow. This would make water from one state s and available to farmers to other. Example (Colorado sharing water with California) Roosevelt also used his to further his passion for. In June 1902, the (dedicated to large-scale irrigation projects in the American West) became the of his. In addition, Roosevelt set aside almost almost five times as much land as all his predecessors combined for, reserves and wildlife. He was influenced by California naturalist whose efforts had led congress to create in 1890.

10 Why did Roosevelt leave the presidency after two terms in office? Who became president of the United States because of Roosevelt s influence? Roosevelt expected Taft to. Chapter 17:5, In the 1912 election, the Republican Party split between whom? (1) (2) Roosevelt sought the presidency again after leaving office after two terms to battle his successor, who he saw was not furthering his. What did the split between Roosevelt and Taft lead to? Wilson s program was called the, where he would place government controls on. Though Wilson did not win the, Wilson received the majority of the. He was the first man from the to win the presidency in more than years. Wilson aimed to prevent from charging high prices to their customers. One way to do this was to the on goods imported from foreign countries. So if American companies prices were, consumers could buy. With this he proposed the The Underwood Tariff Act of 1913 included a provision to create a income tax, which the recently passed amendment gave Congress to do. A graduated income tax means that people pay a of their income than do poor people. Revenue of the income tax made up for the money that government lost by on

11 . Wilson tried to reform the. At the time the country had no to supervise banks. As a result, for loans could fluctuate wildly and a few had a great deal of over the national, state, and local banks reserve funds. This means that a bank might not have to its when customers needed to withdraw or borrow money. Wilson pushed Congress to pass the. This law placed national banks under the control of a which set up regional banks to hold the reserve funds from commercial banks. This system is still in place today, helps the America from having too much money end up in the hands of one person, bank, or region. The Fed sets the, that banks to borrow money, from other banks, and it supervises banks to make sure they are well run. Wilson with that were not dangerous as long as they did not engage in unfair practices. In 1914 he persuaded congress to create the. Members of this group were named by the President to business practices that might lead to. FTC was also charged with watching out for or. The of the progressives had a lasting effect on the American political system. What expanded voter s influence? (1) (2) (3)

12 (4) Federal Government grew to offer more to Americans while at the same time, gaining more over people s lives. The American today is heavily influenced by the Progressive Movement., the, and the other federal agencies watch closely over the economy. The that Roosevelt and Wilson put in place continue to provide today. The progressive years also greatly the government s in managing natural resources, especially in the west. on dams, national parks, and resource use remain major areas of debate. The Progressive reformers passed on the idea that can take action to help people. There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are in to place business operations on a more. If men would give more heed to the teaching of, they would find a of the problems that perplex them. {9T 13.3} The only for the sins and sorrows of men is Christ. The of His grace can the evils that curse society. The of the rich toward the poor, the hatred of the poor toward the rich, alike have their root in selfishness, and this can be eradicated only through submission to Christ. He alone, for the heart of sin, gives the new heart of. Let the servants of Christ preach the gospel with the Spirit sent down from heaven, and work as He did for the benefit of men. Then such results will be manifest in the blessing and

13 uplifting of as are wholly impossible of accomplishment by. {COL 254.2} The is a wonderful of. Its instruction, heeded, would make plain many a perplexity and save us from many an error. It teaches us to estimate things at their true value and to give the most effort to the things of greatest worth--the things that will endure {MH 363.1} DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: (Complete Sentences) Do you think a responsibility for the media is to make known the problems and social issues that are facing society? Who do you think should handle problems and issues in society? The Government? The Church? Private Corporations and charities? Or a combination of all three? Please explain. Do you think the United States is better today in regards to race relations than it was one hundred years ago? What do you think the United States need to improve on in addressing racism today?

14 Do you think Government regulation is needed for businesses to make sure they do not exploit workers or children or that the food supply is healthy or should businesses regulate themselves and are trustworthy to keep the law without government inspectors? Do you think more government is needed to make society better or do you think government has too much power and need to decrease to give companies and individuals more freedom on how to conduct their businesses?