Progressivism

Progressive Movement An early-20th-century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.

Progressive Goals 1 Protect social welfare 2 Promote moral improvement 3 Create economic reform 4 Foster efficiency

Social Welfare Reform harsh conditions of industrialization Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Salvation Army Settlement Houses Florence Kelley Jane Addams Ellen Gates Starr

Jane Addams Social & Labor reformer Hull House – 1889 Helped hundreds of Chicago immigrants and others gain self-respect in society Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 Listen for more!

Hull House

Promote Moral Improvement Prohibition – banning of alcoholic beverages Drinking undermined american morals Women’s Christian Temperance Union Advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol

Create Economic Reform Economic panic of 1893 caused some to question capitalistic system of the U.S. Focused on Big Business and Politics Muckrakers: Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th century

Foster Efficiency Many progressive leaders put their faith in experts and scientific principles to make society and the workplace more efficient. Scientific Management

Political Reform

Political Reform Local and state governments had to be cleaned up What needed to be addressed? Railroads Child Labor Elections 17th Amendment: Adopted in 1913, that provides for the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than by state legislatures. As Americans became more involved in voting, women’s suffrage found renewed attention.