Graphic Organizer: Reform Periods - Progressivism

Extension of Democracy:

Goals:

• Direct election of senators
• Equalize voting 
• Primary elections 
• Election reform 

Accomplishments:

• 17th Amendment- direct election of senators
• 19th Amendment- no voter discrimnation based on sex (women could vote!)
• Primary elections in 16 states 
• Australian ballot

Key People:

• Robert La Follette 
• George W. Norris 
• Populist Party 
• Susan B. Anthony and other feminists 

Honesty and Efficiency in Government 

Goals:

• Minimize involvement of big political bosses 
• Put in place processes by which voters could check corruption 

Accomplishments:

• Initiative: voters are allowed to petition to vote for their own proposed law.
• Referendum: direct vote in which all voters are asked to vote for or against a proposed law or initiative. 
• Recall: procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office. 
• Muckrackers exposed corruption and dishonesty. 
• City commissioner and city manager ideas. 

Key People: 

• Hiram Johnson: California Govenor

Regulation of the Economy- Business 
Goals

• More power to unions 
• Increase Interstate Commerce Commission's power
• Break up corporation's funky monopolization stuff

Accomplishments

• Trust-busting
• Unions enabled
• Increased ICC power

Key People

• Grover Cleaveland

Regulation of the Economy- Transportation/Communication 
Goals

• Regulation of telephones
• Eliminate discrimination by shippers
• Regulate railroad price fixing
• Regulate carriers 

Accomplishments

• Increased ICC powers 

Key People

• Charles Russel 
• Western Farmers 
• Roosevelt 

Social Issues
Goals

• Prohibition
• Support of poor and immigrants
• Make food industry less gross

Accomplishments

• 18th Amendment
• Settlement houses
• The Jungle- exposure of horrid meat packing industry (be a vegetarian, it'll stop global warming)
• Food regulation act

Key People

• Women
• Jane Adams
• Ellen Gates
• Upton Sinclair

Conservation
Goals

• Saving the beauty/nature of US

Accomplishments

• Creating dozens of national parks 
• Creating conservation areas to save the world 

Key People

•  Robert Johnson- Sierra Club
  
• President Theodore Roosevelt