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The Puzzle of Western Progressivism

Suggestions for Further Study

 

The Context of Corruption

 

Progressive Reform: "For the Good of the People"

 

Electoral Reforms:

    Initiative/Referendum/Recall

    Direct Election of Senators

Example: Oregon's William U'ren

Assessment:  women's suffrage (later this week), "at-large" elections, disfranchisement

 

Economic Reforms:

    Anti-trust laws

    Regulatory commissions

    Maximum hours/Minimum wages

    Protective labor laws for women and children

        Muller v. Oregon (1908)

    Workers' compensation laws

    Employers' liability laws

Example: California's Hiram Johnson

Assessment: The promise and perils of regulation, anti-syndicalism laws

 

More Progressive Reforms:

Moral Reforms

        Prohibition

        Anti prostitution

      Conservation (later this week)

 

State Reform Goes National

    The Progressive Party

    The Election of 1912

   Democrat: Wilson

   Republican: Taft

   Progressive: Roosevelt (and Johnson)

   Socialist: Eugene Debs