4. How did progressives reform society?
Case Study: Child Labor
Why was child labor an issue? You'll need to go beyond a surface level explanation here.
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5. How did progressives reform society?
Case Study: Child Labor
What were the goals of Jane Addams, the National Child Labor Committee, and John Spargo?
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6. How did progressives reform society?
Case Study: Child Labor
What strategies did they use? Use specific examples from the sources to support your ideas.
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10. Woodrow Wilson (D), 1913 ‐ 1921
Concerns: Impact of big business on American society‐‐‐saw big
business as a threat to core American values such as competition,
individualism, the ability to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps
(Ben Franklin)
Goals: Preserve individualism, preserve competition (these are pretty conservative goals!), Improve the
conditions of average Americans like farmers (Federal Farm Loan Act) and children (Keatings Owen Act) and
workers (Adamson Act)
Vision of the Role of Government:
New Freedom‐‐‐during his First Term (1912 ‐ 1916) he believed there should be limited government
regulation‐‐‐govt. should break up monopolies and regulate competition. during his Second Term (1916 ‐
1921) he expanded his vision for govt‐‐a stronger role to regulate competition but also to protect workers,
farmers, and children.
Examples:
• Federal Trade Commission Act‐‐‐continuous regulation of big business (not automatically breaking up
monopolies but regulating them)
• Federal Reserve Act‐‐‐created the Federal Reserve Board to oversee the nation's banks
• Underwood ‐ Simmons Tariff Act‐‐‐lowered protective tariffs and increased economic competition
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