HI410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: William Jennings Bryan, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens
26 Jan 2019
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Gilded age (1880-1920 25 mil immigrants; political bosses want votes) Progressive era (middle class reformers, journalists muckrakers) Primary system (overthrow bosses, citizens choose their own candidates) Secret ballots (ppl don"t know who ur voting for) Recall (before their term is up, remove offending officials and judges. Referendum (voters could reject or accept a law) Initiative (if there"s a law u wnna pass nd the gov isn"t doing it, u get to vote on it) Born: 1858, ny (grows up in ny) Chose successor in 1908 - william howard taft. Teddy forms the bull-moose party bc ppl re-elected. Taft is still a republican, 3. 4mil popular votes, 8 electoral votes. Wilson runs as a democrat again, 6. 2mil popular votes, 435 electoral votes. Level the playing field give everyone the same chance: consumer protection. Pure food and drug act: controlling corporations. 1902 [tr] sides w/ workers in coal miner. The antiquities act allows for the designation of national monuments.
