Socialist Party
 The number of those who felt the American capitalist
system was fundamentally flawed was in fact growing fast.
 American socialists based their beliefs on the writings of
Karl Marx, the German philosopher.
 Many asked why so many working Americans
should have so little while a few owners grew
incredibly wealthy.
 No wealth could exist without the sweat and blood of its
workforce.
 They suggested that the government should own all
industries and divide the profits among those who actually
created the products.
Socialist Party
 Who helped create the socialist party in the United
States?
 This guy…….
 Anybody???
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Yes, it’s a candy question.
Involved in the Pullman strike
This was in your notes Wednesday
Hint: E.D.
Know this guy’s name please!!!
And his relation with the socialist party.
NAACP
 Someone please tell me what this stands for?
 Founded in 1909, the NAACP was one of the earliest and
most influential civil rights organization in the United
States.
 During its early years, the NAACP focused on legal
strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights
issues of the day.
 They called for federal anti-lynching laws and coordinated
a series of challenges to state-sponsored segregation in
public schools, an effort that led to the landmark 1954
Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education,
which declared the doctrine of “separate but equal” to be
unconstitutional.
W.E.B. Du Bois
 William Edward Burghardt “W. E. B.” Du Bois
(1868-1963) was was a leading African-American
sociologist, writer and activist. Educated at Harvard
University and other top schools, Du Bois studied
with some of the most important social thinkers of
his time.
 A founding officer of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and editor
of its magazine.
 http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-eb-du-bois
Jane Addams & the Hull House
 Hull House provided social services to the poor and
unemployed in Chicago
 Jane Addams won the Nobel Peace Prize for her
work with the organization.
 http://www.history.com/topics/womenshistory/jane-addams/videos
Legislation during Progressive Era
 What year was the Meat Inspection Act passed?
 Hint: The same year as when Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle
was published.
 Meat Inspection Act- some of the reforms of the act or as
follows:
All animals were required to pass an inspection by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration prior to slaughter
 All carcasses were subject to a post-mortem inspection
 Cleanliness standards were established for slaughterhouses and
processing plants.
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Legislation during Progressive Era
 Pure Food & Drug Act- passed the same year as the
meat inspection act. The basis of this was for food
manufacturing companies to be completely honest of
what they were putting in their food. Before this act,
companies did not have to disclose what they were
selling to the public.
 Also prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate
labeling.
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Accountability- there is that word again. SMH!!!
Political Reforms
 Direct Primary- a preliminary election giving all
members of a party the chance to take part in a
nomination and that was intended to limit the
influence of political machines in selecting candidates.
 Initiative- a process for putting a proposition or
proposed law on a ballot (usually by getting a specified
number of signatures on a petition).
Political Reforms
 Referendum- the voting on an initiative, allowing the
people to enact legislation that a state legislature is
either unwilling or unable to do.
 Recall- a process giving voters the power to remove
elected officials from office through petition and a
vote.
Municipal Reforms
 Before the Progressive era, city municipalities such as
water, transportation, and electricity were privately
owned. The companies that controlled such were often
corrupt.
 Because of this, there was a movement to have the
utilities owned by the government instead.