The Progressive Movement (1900-1916)
The time period that called for extreme measures to bring about change.
4 Goals of Progressives: Promote Moral Reform Improve Personal Behavior Protect Social Welfare Improve City Life Create Economic Reform Improve workers’ lives Improve Factory Efficiency Raise Production
Goal 1: Promote Moral Reform (a.k.a., Improve Personal Behavior) The People involved: Carry Nation Anti-Saloon League Women’s Christian Temperance Union Favored the Prohibition of Alcohol
Goal 2: Protect Social Welfare (a.k.a., Improve City Life) The People Involved: Jane Addams YMCA, YWCA Salvation Army Helped newcomers adjust in cities
Goal 3: Create Economic Reform (a.k.a., Improve Workers’ Lives) The People Involved: Muckrakers Ida Tarbell Upton Sinclair Exposed the Corruption of Business
Goal 4: Improve Factory Efficiency (a.k.a., Raise Production) The People Involved: Henry Ford Applied Scientific Principles to Business Management
Quiz Time! Name the people who wanted to improve city life.
Who helped apply scientific principles to business management?
What year did the progressive movement begin?