Aim: Review for Test on Progressives Bring a #2 pencil and a pen. Essay Topic: TWO Progressives and their impact

1. Goals of the Progressives Reform government Reform government Regulate big business Regulate big business Improve working conditions Improve working conditions Better housing and medical care for the poor. Better housing and medical care for the poor. Stop political corruption Stop political corruption

2. Why need for reform? Poor living conditions- unsanitary tenement houses. Poor living conditions- unsanitary tenement houses. Children dying from disease. Children dying from disease. Lack of labor laws. Lack of labor laws. Unfair business practices Unfair business practices Corruption in municipal government. Corruption in municipal government. Need for greater representation. Need for greater representation.

3. Muckrakers Muckrakers- journalists who reported on social injustices. Muckrakers- journalists who reported on social injustices. Upton Sinclair-The Jungle, Ida Tarbell- History of the Standard Oil Company, Jacob Riis-How The Other Half Lives, Lincoln Steffens-The Shame of The Cities. Upton Sinclair-The Jungle, Ida Tarbell- History of the Standard Oil Company, Jacob Riis-How The Other Half Lives, Lincoln Steffens-The Shame of The Cities. Progressives: Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, WEB DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Jane Addams. Progressives: Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, WEB DuBois, Booker T. Washington, Jane Addams.

4. The Jungle Upton Sinclair exposed the horrors of the meat packing industry which resulted in the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food Act. Upton Sinclair exposed the horrors of the meat packing industry which resulted in the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food Act. Led to creation of FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Led to creation of FDA (Food and Drug Administration).

5. Changes brought about Teddy Roosevelt- Conservation, Meat Inspection Act, Trust Busting. Teddy Roosevelt- Conservation, Meat Inspection Act, Trust Busting. Woodrow Wilson- Underwood Tariff, Graduated Income Tax, amendments. Woodrow Wilson- Underwood Tariff, Graduated Income Tax, amendments. Jane Addams- created a settlement house- Hull House. Jane Addams- created a settlement house- Hull House.

6. Roosevelt Nickname- “The Trustbuster.” Broke up monopolies and trusts. Nickname- “The Trustbuster.” Broke up monopolies and trusts. Coal Strike- forced the owners to negotiate to avoid a winter without coal. Coal Strike- forced the owners to negotiate to avoid a winter without coal. Set aside public land for parks. Set aside public land for parks.

7. Wilson Underwood Tariff- decreased the amount of taxes by 25%. Underwood Tariff- decreased the amount of taxes by 25%. Regulated the railroads Regulated the railroads Prohibition- “The Noble Experiment.” Prohibition- “The Noble Experiment.” 19 th Amendment- Women’s suffrage. 19 th Amendment- Women’s suffrage. Created the Federal Reserve- regulate the amount of money in circulation. Created the Federal Reserve- regulate the amount of money in circulation. Graduated income tax Graduated income tax

8. Settlement House Built in inner cities to provide services. Built in inner cities to provide services. Education programs Education programs Health care Health care Social activities. Social activities.

9. Characteristics Change/ reform Change/ reform Concern for people- particularly the poor and working class (inner cities). Concern for people- particularly the poor and working class (inner cities). Reform government- correct abuses. Reform government- correct abuses.

10. Results Changes in government: recall, referendum, initiative, secret ballot. Changes in government: recall, referendum, initiative, secret ballot. Labor laws Labor laws NAACP NAACP FDA FDA Settlement Houses Settlement Houses

11 A. Teddy Roosevelt Created Interstate Commerce Commission- regulate trade. Created Interstate Commerce Commission- regulate trade. Broke up power of large corporations. Broke up power of large corporations. Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act as a result of The Jungle. Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act as a result of The Jungle. Conservationist- created 5 national parks, set aside 150 acres of forests, created the U.S. Forest Service. Conservationist- created 5 national parks, set aside 150 acres of forests, created the U.S. Forest Service.

11 B. Susan B. Anthony First area of reform- Temperance Movement. First area of reform- Temperance Movement. Felt women and children suffered abuse from alcoholic husbands. Felt women and children suffered abuse from alcoholic husbands. Became part of anti-slavery movement. Became part of anti-slavery movement Demanded women be given same civil and political rights as men Demanded women be given same civil and political rights as men. 19 th amendment- women’s suffrage. 19 th amendment- women’s suffrage.

11. C. Jane Addams Founded Hull House in Chicago in Founded Hull House in Chicago in Provided services to immigrants. Provided services to immigrants. Provided kindergarten and daycare facilities for working mothers. Provided kindergarten and daycare facilities for working mothers. Music and art classes. Music and art classes. A library and a museum. A library and a museum.

11 D. Booker T. Washington Equal rights for blacks. Equal rights for blacks. Believed that the way out of poverty for blacks was hard work through trades (vocational education). Believed that the way out of poverty for blacks was hard work through trades (vocational education). Purchase land and then political and civil rights would follow. Purchase land and then political and civil rights would follow. Focus on education and economic growth. Focus on education and economic growth. Opposed by WEB DuBois (favored college education). Opposed by WEB DuBois (favored college education).