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The Progressive Era from 1900-1920 saw a conservative Supreme Court that overturned many progressive gains from Congress and states. Key areas of reform included trust-busting, destroying political machines, voting reforms, improving living conditions, and legislation regarding trusts, banking, women's suffrage, and working conditions. The era saw many successful laws passed despite resistance from the Supreme Court.

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Progressive Era Chart

The Progressive Era from 1900-1920 saw a conservative Supreme Court that overturned many progressive gains from Congress and states. Key areas of reform included trust-busting, destroying political machines, voting reforms, improving living conditions, and legislation regarding trusts, banking, women's suffrage, and working conditions. The era saw many successful laws passed despite resistance from the Supreme Court.

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The Progressive Era: 1900-1920


SUPREME COURT DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA:
Conservative Court. Overturned many
2. Destroy political machines [GOO GOOs] th - 16 Amendment (1913) -national income tax progressive gains in Congress and in the states. Northern Securities Co. v. US (1901) Lochner v. NY (1905) Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918 Adkins v. Childrens Hospital (1923)

AREAS OF CONCERN:
1. Trust-busting - Henry Demarest Lloyd - David G. Phillips The Treason of the State - Ida Tarbell History of the Standard Oil Co. - Frank Norris The Octopus - Upton Sinclair The Jungle - Thorstein Veblen Theory of the Leisure Class Destroy political machines [GOO GOOs] - initiative, referendum, recall - reform governors: * Robert LaFollette WI The Laboratory of Democracy * Charles E. Hughes NY * Hiram Johnson CA - city reform: * commission system Galveston, TX * city-manager system Staunton, VA - Lincoln Steffens Shame of the City Voting reform - Australian secret ballot - direct primaries Improve squalid urban living conditions - Settlement House Movement * Jane Addams Hull House (Chicago) * Lilliam Ward Henry Street Settlement (NYC) - Jacob A. Riis How the Other Half Lives - Social Gospel Movement * Walter Rauschenbusch * Washington Gladden - Temperance Movement * Carrie Nation Anti-Saloon League * Francis Willard - Education Reform * John Dewey Learning by doing

SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATION:
1. Trust-busting - Elkins Act (1903) - Hepburn Act (1906) - Mann-Elkins Act (1910) - Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) - Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914) **

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3. Voting reform th - 17 Amendment (1913) direct election of Senators 4. Improve squalid urban living conditions th - 18 Amendment (1919)

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AREAS OF CONCERN:
5. Improve working conditions, especially for women and ending child labor - John Spargo The Bitter Cry of the Children - Charlotte Perkins Gilman Woman and Economics - Florence Kelley - Margaret Sanger birth control Female suffrage - NAWSA - Jeannette Rankin Consumer protection - Upton Sinclair Conservation - John Muir - Gifford Pinchot - John Burroughs Banking reform - Postal Savings Bank system created (1910) - Federal Reserve Board created Some rural reform - sub-treasury plan established (1916) > what the Populists had pushed for earlier.

SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATION:
5. Improve working conditions, especially for women and ending child labor: - Child Labor Act (1915) - Workmens Compensation Act (1916)

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6. Female suffrage th - 19 Amendment (1920)

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7. Consumer protection - Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) - Meat Inspection Act (1906) 8. Conservation - Newlands Reclamation Act (1902) - Antiquities Act (1906) 9. Banking reform - Federal Reserve Act (1913) **

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10. Some rural reform - Federal Farm Loan Act (1916) - Federal Highway Act of 1916 - Warehouse Act of 1916

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