10 examples each category Review Social Political Economic 10 examples each category
Predict What were specific social, political, and economic problems from the Gilded Age that you would expect Progressives to address during this era (1880-1920, 1900-1920).
28 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1899-1909
Essential Questions Outline the origin, leadership, and goals of progressivism. Assess the impact of specific groups on the progressive movement. Assess the progressiveness of the progressive presidents.
The Election of 1900
The Election of 1904
The Election of 1908
27. William Howard Taft
Helen Herron Taft
A Growing Economy
A Growing Economy The Progressive years saw a prospering US economy, improved by plentiful manufacturing and farming improvements.
Science, Technology, and Industry
Science, Technology, and Industry
Science, Technology, and Industry Science improved industry better products and a more scientifically competitive USA
Electricity & Cars
Electricity & Cars
Electricity & Cars
Electricity & Cars
Electricity & Cars “Science is the culture under which people can live forward in the midst of complexity, and treat life not as something given but as something to be shaped.” -Walter Lippmann Journalist and intellectual
The Moving Assembly Line
Electricity & Cars Electricity and automobiles were life changing and spread quickly throughout urban America. What aspects of life were not affected by the improvements in technology during this time?
Progressive Reform
Progressive Reform
Progressive Reform Progressivism was widespread and differed according to regional and individual interests.
Urban Problems
Primary Source reading: excerpt from Sinclair’s The Jungle
Primary Source reading: excerpt from Tarbell’s “The History of the Standard Oil Company”
Discuss: Tarbell and Sinclair attempted to expose the corruption of Standard Oil and the abuse of immigrants, respectively. Whose challenge was bigger? Using the excerpt, find a compelling sentence in each that shows their argument.
Urban Problems
Urban Problems Many Progressives began reform at the local level, especially in urban areas. What were the motives for progressive reform?
State Politics
State Politics
State Politics Wisconsin led the way in state political reform. Social reform varied according to the social makeup of the area.
Stop, summarize, question
Unions and the State “The working class and the employing class have nothing in common” -IWW preamble
Unions and the State
Unions and the State
Unions and the State
Unions and the State
Unions and the State The AFL helped skilled laborers but ignored the unskilled. The IWW filled this vacuum and united the unskilled and promoted socialist ideas, which were increasingly popular to many of the reform minded. Which branches of the government were most progressive, and least? Why was this? Is this still true today?
Immigration Reconsidered
Immigration Reconsidered
Immigration Reconsidered
Immigration Reconsidered The nativists’ voice against immigration grew louder and was eventually realized with immigration restriction in the 1920s.
Class, Ethnicity, & Race
Primary Source reading: excerpt from Wong Ar Chong’s letter to Garrison
Class, Ethnicity, & Race Most Americans lived among the lower classes, split by race and ethnicity.
Race and the Nation
Race and the Nation
Race and the Nation The treatment of African Americans in the South showed no hope of improving migration north. What factors encouraged Americans to embrace diversity during this time?
Women and Reform—Jobs & Rights
Women and Reform—Jobs & Rights
Women and Reform—Jobs & Rights S. Josephine Baker and Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Women and Reform—Jobs & Rights The women's reform movement of the antebellum years continued as more white women were able to get an education and wield more political power and as the middle class grew.
Primary Source: Goldman poster
Primary Source reading: excerpt from Gilman’s Women and Economics
Discuss
Winning the Right to Vote
Winning the Right to Vote
Winning the Right to Vote
Winning the Right to Vote Women moved toward passing a constitutional amendment rather than working on a state or local level to get the vote.
National Politics under TR
National Politics under TR
Primary Source reading: Muir’s “Dam Hetch Hetchy!”
National Politics under TR
National Politics under TR
National Politics under TR TR worked with the creation of new administrations to push progressive policy such as the Pure Food and Drug Act, among others. What is TR’s legacy today?
The Successor— William Howard Taft
The Successor— William Howard Taft Despite Taft’s one term in office, he was able to accomplish many progressive acts. But, his distrust of Progressives led to the creation of the Progressive Republican League and the Bull Moose Party. How progressive were the Progressives?
Stop, summarize, question