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The Progressive era: An introduction

THE GILDED AGE A look back…

immigration

Drunkenness

Racial discrimination and violence

Overcrowding

Tenements

Sanitation

Crime

Child labor

Political corruption

sweatshops

THE ROOTS OF PROGRESSIVISM

The Roots of Progressivism New Idea: Government can be used as a tool to promote human welfare Many Groups Demand Reform – Populists (William Jennings Bryan) – Muckrakers – Social Gospel Movement – Socialists – Feminists

THE PROGRESSIVES: WHO THEY WERE

Social reformers Ida b. wells - anti-lynching advocate Jane addams -Founded the nation’s first settlement house, hull house

Muckrakers - Journalists who sought to expose social and political problems Ida m. tarbellJacob riis

muckrakers Lincoln steffensUpton sinclair

politicians Robert la follette Theodore roosevelt

THE GOALS OF PROGRESSIVISM

Protect Social Welfare Goal: Ease the problems caused by rapid urbanization and industrialization Reforms: – Agencies like the YMCA and Salvation Army created – Settlement houses helped families – Florence Kelley helped pass the Illinois Factory Act of 1893, which prohibited child labor

Promote Moral Improvement Goal: Prohibit the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. Reforms: – Groups like the Anti- Saloon League and WCTU protested alcohol consumption – 18 th Amendment passed in 1920

Create Economic Reform Goal: Lessen the gap between the rich and the poor and expose corrupt business practices Reforms: – Exposes written by Muckrakers – Clayton Antitrust Act – Muller v. Oregon limited working hours – Child Labor Legislation – Eugene Debs promoted Socialism

Foster Efficiency Goal: Apply scientific processes to industry Reforms: – Taylorism – Scientific Management – Assembly Lines

Reform State and Local Government Goals: Reduce power held by political machines, eliminate corruption, and give more power to the voters. Reforms: – Secret Ballot Voting – Initiative: Voters propose laws – Referendum: Voters vote on an intiative – Recall: Voters can force new elections – State Primary Systems: Voters choose candidates – 17 th Amendment: Direct election of Senators