The Progressive Movement Progressive = Change These changes included: Women’s suffrage The Temperance Movement Child Labor Unsafe working conditions The rise of Labor Unions
Progressive Era Amendments 18th – (1919) Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages 19th - (1920) Women’s Suffrage (The right to vote) 21st – (1933) Repeal of Prohibition amendment
18th Amendment “Prohibition” also known as The Temperance Movement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYqFXmVAFg&feature=related&s afety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 Prohibited the production, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States
Carrie Nation and her “Hatchetations” Biggest group behind Temperance movement was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) Carrie became the face (and ammo) of the movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L 13b0t9aARY&feature=related Women’s Suffrage Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L 13b0t9aARY&feature=related
Two Famous Suffragettes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women gained voting rights and increased educational opportunities
21st Amendment Repeal of Prohibition Prohibition amendment was so controversial, that it became one of the central issues of the1932 Presidential election FDR ran and won on a platform which included an end to Prohibition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUeMD057wcU&saf ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Progressive movement workplace reforms Were needed because of these three negative effects of industrialization 1) Unsafe working conditions 2) Low wages and long hours 3) Child Labor
Lewis Hine and Child Labor He used photographs of children working to try to reform ( and end) child labor practices http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tY1gk6J6zc&feature=related http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/