The Progressive Era,
An Urban Age and a Consumer Society
The Rise of the City YearUrban Population (Percentage) Number of Cities with 100,000+ population % % % % %26
The Muckrakers Lincoln Steffens Ida Tarbell Upton Sinclair
The Immigrant
The Working Woman YearAll WomenMarried WomenWomen as % of Labor Force %5.6%18% Occupation Professional, Technical8.2%11.7% Clerical Sales Workers Unskilled and Semiskilled manufacturing Household Workers
The New Standard of Living and Consumer Culture
Components of Progressive America
Industrial FreedomSocialismAFL and IWW (Labor)Feminism
Eugene Debs
IWW
Isadora Duncan
Emma Goldman
Margaret Sanger
Progressive Politics
State and Local Reforms Samuel “Golden Rule” Jones Robert M. LaFollette
Jane Addams and Hull House Jane Adams Ellen Gates Starr
Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Louis D. Brandeis
Progressive Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt,
Election of 1904
John Muir and President Roosevelt in Yosemite, 1903
Election of 1908
William Howard Taft,
Election of Presidential Election Results Strong third-party challenges from the Progressive Party and Socialists split the national vote four ways, but Democrat Wilson prevailed to win the presidency in 1912.
Woodrow Wilson,
Wilson Progressivism LegislationDatePurpose Underwood Tariff1913Reduced duties on foreign imports so that small businesses could thrive Clayton Act1914Exempted labor unions from anti-trust laws Keating Own Act1916Outlawed child labor in the manufacture of goods sold in interstate commerce Federal Reserve Act1913Federally run institution that issued currency, set rates for loans, and held funds in reserve for crisis situations Federal Trade Commission1914Had the power to order companies to cease unfair trading practices Income Taxes1913Started with richest 5% to offset revenue of lowering tariff. Made constitutional by 16 th Amendment