The Progressive Era: 1890-1920 Chapter 4 Sections 1-3

Lecture Focus Question How did Progressives work to help the urban poor?

The Drive For Reform Progressivism: movement founded on belief that new ideas & honest, efficient govt could bring about social justice in response to problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, and immigration

CHILD LABOR

Living Conditions Tenements were owned by landlords who lived far away. Families had to live within walking distance of factories Few windows and poor sanitary conditions Typically housed multiple families in one apartment

Journalists Uncover Injustices Muckrakers: journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform Upton Sinclair “The Jungle” Revealed unsanitary practices in meatpacking industry Jacob Riis “How the Other Half Lives” Lack of sanitation and safety in tenements

Social Gospel Movement Social Gospel: idea that Christianity (charity & justice) should be the basis for reform Ex: Jane Addams & settlement house movement

The Struggle Against Discrimination Americanization: process of helping immigrants to assimilate English classes Cooking classes Hygiene classes Offered by many Progressive groups/programs

Brain Snack Progressivism and a Broom Directions: Make a list of things the following two items have in common with each other: Progressivism and a Broom

Women Make Progress National Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA): fought for women’s suffrage National Woman’s Party (NWP): 1st group to march with picket signs in front of the White House Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU): wanted to make alcohol illegal Margaret Sanger: opened 1st birth control clinic Ida B. Wells: formed National Association of Colored Women

Victory! (After 100 years) 19th Amendment: passed in 1920, gave women the constitutional right to vote

Racism Limits Progressivism

Lecture Focus Question How did Progressives work to help the urban poor?