The Progressive Movement Fixing the problems caused during the Gilded Age/Industrial Revolution

Muckrackers Writers and photographers who helped spread the word about the plight of immigrants and urban life. They helped force the government to make changes By 1900 America was pushing for change

What were the goals of the Progressives? Women’s suffrage Main leaders: Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt Equal Rights (NAACP starts) Protection for Workers Protection for Consumers Help for immigrants

How did Progressive’s help workers? Limit hours per day/week. NO child labor Help Unions gain power Workers compensation Safer working conditions Job protection (can’t be fired without a cause)

How did Progressives want to help immigrants/poor? Health and Safety codes Triangle Shirt Waist fire brought an outcry for changes. 150 women killed because they were locked inside a burning building. Settlement Houses started (like community centers) Teach English Provide Child care Activities to help people assimilate

How did Progressives want to help consumers? Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act

How did progressives want to protect all businesses? ICC Interstate Commerce Commission Made sure trade was fair for all businesses Stop Trusts and Monopolies

How did Progressives want to help make government more efficient and fair? Direct Primary Direct Election of Senators (17th Amendment) Initiatives Referendum Recall

What group helped the Progressive’s spread the word about the problems in America? A. Populists B. Muckrakers C. Settlement Houses D. Immigrants

How did Jacob Riis expose the filth? Photography Writer Politician Immigrant

Which of the following is an example of a progressive governmental-reform? Zoning Laws Health Codes Child Labor Laws Direct Election of Senators

Which group was trying to fix societies problems? Populists Political Machines Progressives Settlement Houses

Progressives were trying to help Women with what? Suffrage Prohibition Abolishment Title 9

Progressive Movement Roosevelt Taft Wilson

Progressive Era Roosevelt believed everyone deserved a “Square Deal”. A square is EQUAL on all sides. What did Roosevelt mean by a square deal? Everyone would have a chance. He would fight misconduct by businesses Everyone had an EQUAL chance

Progressive Era How did Roosevelt provide a square deal? Used the Sherman Anti-trust act to fight monopolies Helped the coal-miners win arbitration with the owners. Made the government step in to help all citizens. Not just the business owners.

What law allowed the ICC to set RR rates? A. Sherman Ant-trust act B. Hepburn Act C. Clayton Anti-trust act D. The Pure Food and Drug act

Which of the following best explains the term arbitration? A. The federal government decides B. One side in an argument allowing the other to make a decision. C. Two sides in an argument allowing a third party to make the decision. D. Neither side in an argument ever agreeing

This act states all food must be labeled correctly and be pure. A. Pure Food and Drug Act. B. Meat Inspection Act C. Hepburn Act D. Upton Sinclair

Progressive Era: square deal cont. Set up a government agency to track business practices. Pushed for the Hepburn act which gave the ICC the power to set RR rates. Pushed for the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and drug act. (Because of the book The Jungle)

Progressive era: conservation How did Roosevelt protect and develop America’s Natural resources? Had the federal government pay for irrigation and land development. Started the US forest service which managed the timber and forest lands. Saved 100 million acres of forest land, created 5 national parks, and 51 federal wildlife preserves.

Progressive era: Roosevelt v. Taft How did Taft and Roosevelt differ? Against Roosevelt’s wishes Taft attacked the high tariff but failed when he signed a bill that barely cut taxes. Taft ‘s choice for Secretary of the Interior sold many federal lands for development. The best of Taft: Brought twice as many suits against companies as TR. Surpassed TR in conservation Established Children’s Bureau

Progressive Era: Wilson Wilson won the election of 1912 because the Republican vote split between Taft and TR (who started a new “Progressive Party”) Wilson shared many of TR’s ideas.

Which of the following was not TR a idea? A. conservation B. working with companies to monitor business practices. C. Children’s Bureau D. Hepburn Act

Which of the following was NOT Wilson’s achievement? A. FTC B. Federal Reserve Act C. Clayton Ant-trust Act D. Pure Food and Drug Act

Which of the following was created as a direct result of the The Jungle? A. Meat Inspection Act B. Children’s Bureau C. Federal Reserve Act D. ICC

Progressive era: Wilson’s reforms Lowered the tariff Started an income tax Established the Federal Reserve Act Established the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) This protected businesses from anything that hurt competition

Progressive era: African Americans African Americans were fueled by the success of the Progressives. - the NAACP was started to help solidify voting rights. - W.E.B. DuBois believed voting would save them from a “second slavery” and provide “…work, culture, liberty, -all these we need, not singly but together.”

Progressive Era: African Americans During the Progressive Era President Wilson officially segregated Washington D.C.