| A. | Context for reform | ||
| 1. | Industrial and urban growth | ||
| 2. | Growth of corporate capitalism | ||
| 3. | Rise of labor disputes | ||
| 4. | Muckrakers | ||
| B. | Progressive ideology | ||
| 1. | Importance of scientific rationalism | ||
| 2. | Christian moralism | ||
| 3. | Faith in American democratic heritage | ||
| C. | Three levels of reform | ||
| 1. | Municipal | ||
| a. | Public control of transportation and utilities | ||
| b. | City commission plan | ||
| c. | City manager plan | ||
| d. | Settlement-house movement | ||
| 2. | State | ||
| a. | Registration and ballot reform | ||
| b. | Seventeenth Amendment | ||
| c. | Initiative and referendum | ||
| d. | Wisconsin plan | ||
| 3. | National | ||
| a. | Expansion of federal powers | ||
| b. | Larger presidential role | ||
| A. | Settlement-house movement | |
| 1. | Hull House and Jane Addams, Florence Kelley | |
| 2. | Chicago School of Social Work | |
| 3. | Female political activism | |
| B. | Socialism | |
| 1. | Coherent criticism of capitalism | |
| 2. | Eugene Debs | |
| 3. | IWW | |
| C. | Civil rights | |
| 1. | Continued violence, segregation, and disenfranchisement | |
| 2. | W. E B. DuBois and the Niagara Movement | |
| 3. | NAACP and The Crisis | |
| A. | Theodore Roosevelt | ||
| 1. | Prosecution of Northern Securities | ||
| 2. | Election of 1904 and the "square deal" | ||
| a. | Increased governmental regulatory control | ||
| b. | Hepburn Act | ||
| c. | Pure Food and Drug Act; | ||
| d. | Meat Inspection Act | ||
| 3. | Conservationism | ||
| B. | William Howard Taft | ||
| 1. | Payne-Aldrich Tariff Bill | ||
| 2. | Split between "Old Guard" and Reform Republicans | ||
| 3. | Pinchot-Ballinger affair | ||
| C. | Woodrow Wilson | ||
| 1. | Election of 1912¾"new freedom" | ||
| 2. | Legislative victories | ||
| a. | Underwood-Simmons tariff | ||
| b. | Federal Reserve Act | ||
| c. | Federal Trade Commission Act | ||
| d. | Labor policies | ||
| A. | Election of 1900 | |
| 1. | Influence of the "Old Guard" Republicans | |
| 2. | Weaknesses of Democratic-Populist coalition | |
| 3. | Contrast of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt | |
| B. | Roosevelt's presidency (1901-1909) | |
| 1. | Expansion of government regulatory powers | |
| 2. | Conservation | |
| 3. | Balancing the interests of big business and the public | |
| 4. | The Old Guard's response to reforms | |
| C. | Election of 1908 and presidency of William Howard Taft | |
| 1. | Conservatives and reformers split over issues | |
| 2. | Roosevelt chooses Taft as successor | |
| 3. | Taft's ties with the Old Guard | |
| 4. | Ballinger-Pinchot controversy | |
| D. | Election of 1912 | |
| 1. | Roosevelt wins primaries but loses nomination | |
| 2. | Roosevelt organizes Progressive "Bull Moose" Party | |
| 3. | Wilson emerges as strong reform Democratic candidate | |
| 4. | Republican split throws election to Democrats | |
| E. | Wilson's presidency (1909-1916) | |
| 1. | New Freedom, New Nationalism, similarities and differences | |
| 2. | Appointment of Louis Brandeis to Supreme Court | |
| 3. | Labor reforms | |