POPULIST

POPULIST

• Also known as the peoples party
• Group of poor farmers
• They won some minor elections

GOALS OF POPULIST

• Farms Loans
• Secret Ballots
• Income tax based on how much you make
• 8 hour work workday
• Immigration Restriction

POPULIST IDEAS

• The big contributions were taking their ideas
• Many were taken by republicans and democrats

PROGRESSIVES

PROGRESSIVE ERA

• A period of change
• Child Labor
• Temperance
• Women's Suffrage
• Education

CHILD LABOR:

• Children were a source if cheap labor
• SC was slow to adopt to child labor laws
• Resisted because it was family income

PROGRESSIVE

• Muckrakers:
• Journalist who wrote articles exposing bad things
• Wrote about society and politics
• They were a driving force behind the progressive movement

WORLD WAR ONE

WWI

• The United States remained neutral and stayed spot if the war for almost 3 years
• Factors to the US entering the war:
• Trade and historical ties to Britain
• Unrestricted submarines warfare (Lusitania)
• Zimmerman telegraph

WWI

• April 2, 1917: United States declares war
• US entry into WWI effectively ended the progressive movement

SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE WAR

• Industrial and agriculture production in state rose dramatically
• SC farmers profited from extra demand for cotton
• Cotton doubled in price