HIST 122 Lecture 16: Lecture 16
15 Aug 2017
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Thomas johnson: mayor of cleveland, attended city war meetings and was involved in the city much like the party bosses, he cleaned up corruption, reformed the juvenile court system. Hiram johnson: he was a lawyer in san francisco ca, he also was battling corruption, there was an earthquake, which resulted in the greatest level of corruption by the part bosses. It turned out those friends were not as clean as he had once thought. In 1920, they achieved that with the 19th amendment: the process for amending the constitution was delayed in tennessee. It was the last state they really needed to win over. It prohibited the transportation of women across state lines for immoral purposes. Teddy roosevelt and the progressive era: when he was elected, there was almost immediate change, he was one of the social elite, not as wealthy, but his family was up there with the. Northern security company: had control of the railroad.
