The Progressive Movement Roots of the Progressive Movement We will evaluate the impact of Progressive Era Reforms, evaluate the impact of muckrakers and reform leaders on American society, and identify the contributions of women such as Jane Addams to American society. I will research Progressive Era leaders in preparation for a speed dating game. Progressive Era: 1900-1920 Progressive Movement Goal Roots of the Progressive Movement Social Gospel Movement Socialism Muckrakers Famous Muckrakers Jacob Riis Ida Tarbell Lincoln Steffens Frank Norris Upton Sinclair

Direct Party Primaries Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle portrayed the new industrial economy as inhumane, destructive, and uncaring. One scene in the book described piles of rat-infested, rotting meat being used to make sausages: “[T]he meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one—there were things that went into the sausage in comparison with which a poisoned rat was tidbit. There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was to be ladled into the sausage.” How might a reader in 1906 react to this passage? Explain your answer. Social Reformers Jane Addams Hull House Ida B. Wells W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington Municipal Government Initiative Robert LaFolette Referendum Government Reforms Secret Ballot Recall Direct Party Primaries 17th Amendment Social Legislation State Laws Civil Service Reform Spoils System Pendleton Act