The Progressive Era Moving Forward!
Progressive Movement Protect social welfare – living/working conditions (women and children) Promoting moral improvement Ex: Prohibition – banning alcohol Economic Reform – changing the way we do business Muckrakers – writers who wrote about the corruption of business Efficiency – using all of your resources properly
Question What do all of these goals on the previous slide have in common? Create one goal for the Progressive Movement that would sum all of those up.
Henry Ford Ford Motor Company Model-T Assembly line – mass production Wanted cars to be something everyone could have Treated workers well - $5 a day, 8 hour work day Question – What freedoms do cars allow us to have? Why do you want a car some day?
Progressive Women Higher education – all women’s colleges Suffrage – right to vote Susan B. Anthony In 1919 the 19th Amendment was passed allowing women to vote Question – Do you think it is important to allow all people to vote? Why/why not? Explain.
Rise of Roosevelt Tough Guy – “Rough Rider” With a soft side “Teddy Bear” Modern President – always in the news “Square Deal” – wanted the average American to be treated fairly
More Progressive Regulation Meat Inspection Act – clean and good quality Pure Food and Drug Act – accurate labels Conservation – preserving wilderness areas. Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” exposes the reality of the meat packing industry