The Progressive Movement Progressive = Change - These changes included: - Women’s suffrage - The Temperance Movement - Child Labor - Unsafe working conditions - The rise of Labor Unions

Progressive Era Amendments 18 th – (1919) Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages 19 th - (1920) Women’s Suffrage (The right to vote) 21 st – (1933) Repeal of Prohibition amendment

18 th Amendment “Prohibition” also known as The Temperance Movement afety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 Prohibited the production, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States

Carrie Nation and her “Hatchetations” Biggest group behind Temperance movement was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Carrie became the face (and ammo) of the movement

Women’s Suffrage Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19 th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. 13b0t9aARY&feature=related

Two Famous Suffragettes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women gained voting rights and increased educational opportunities

21 st Amendment Repeal of Prohibition Prohibition amendment was so controversial, that it became one of the central issues of the1932 Presidential election FDR ran and won on a platform which included an end to Prohibition ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

Progressive movement workplace reforms - Were needed because of these three negative effects of industrialization - 1) Unsafe working conditions - 2) Low wages and long hours - 3) Child Labor

Lewis Hine and Child Labor He used photographs of children working to try to reform ( and end) child labor practices

Unsafe working conditions The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 Locked exits and a faulty fire escape led to the deaths of 146 women working in the factory This was one of the tragic events that led to workplace reforms

Samuel Gompers and the rise of Labor Unions He began the American Federation of Labor (also called the AFL) It was one of the most powerful Labor Unions

The American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 1.6 million members by Dissatisfied workers organized into groups to demand better pay and working conditions from their employers

One method was to go on strike. Strikes were often violent and deadly and many people did not support this lawless disorder.

The Homestead Strike In1892 Workers went on strike at Carnegies steel plant in Homestead, PA Strike was a failure since the strikers were immediately replaced by non- union strikebreakers

Progressive movement workplace reforms * In the end, the Labor Unions had many successes 1) Improved safety conditions 2) Reduced work hours 3) Placed restrictions on Child Labor *Expanding Education – In 1865 most children attended school for only 4 years, By % of all children (ages 5-17) were enrolled in school

Discrimination against Native Americans Native Americans did not receive any citizenship rights in the United States until This means that they were the last group of people to be given Constitutional rights!