1. The Progressive Movement By: Rachel and Charlie Block: 7

2. Insight into the Era ★ The Progressive Movement ○ Economic, political, social and moral reforms ○ Changes American lifestyles ■ solving issues ● result of the economic boom of Industrialization.

3. What Caused the Progressive Movement? 2 Reasons

4. The Gilded Age ★ Gilded Age: ○ period of growth after Reconstruction ○ industrial growth and increased immigration

5. 1. Aftermath of the Gilded Age ★ Political Corruption ★ Large Gap in Social Classes ★ Unjust Practices of Robber Barons: ○ American Capitalists ○ Late 19th Century ○ Became Wealthy through Exploitation

6. 2.) Poor Working Conditions for Laborers: ★ Working conditions were unsafe and could cause harm to workers

7. ★ Long hours, Low wages, No job security, No employee benefits

8. ★ Children were employed at young ages and had jobs such as in factories

9. Living Conditions ★ Poor lived in cramped, dirty living conditions in cheap housing, aka Tenements

10. Goals of the Progressive Movement

11. ★ Improve living conditions for poor whites and blacks ★ Eliminate corruption ★ Effect social justice

12. ★ Encourage people to participate in government ★ Create more economical and social opportunities with oversight by the government

13. Accomplishments of the Era

14. Local Governments: ★ New governments due to the needs of Urbanization: ○ Commissioner-style: ■ Small elected body ■ serve on a at-large basis ○ City-Manager-style: an ■ elected council selects a city manager ■ carry out day-to-day administrative tasks

15. State Governments: ★ Referendums: a popular vote on a particular issue ★ Initiative:plan or program that intends to solve a problem ★ Recall: an official can be removed from office by a vote

16. Elections: ★ Primary Elections ○ When pres. candidates are chosen ★ 17th Amendment: ○ “two senators from each state, elected by the people” ★ Secret Ballot ○ Printed list of candidates marked in secret

17. Child Labor: ★ Muckraking: ○ AKA Muckraking journalism ○ accounts of political and economic corruption and social hardships ○ power-hungry big businesses. ★ Child labor laws ○ Restricts who can work by their age ○ Ensures safe working conditions

18. Effects of Labor Unions: ★ Organizations: ○ Knights of Labor: ■ first major national labor union in the US ■ formed 1869 ○ American Federation of Labor: ■ major group of labor unions ■ founded in 1886 ■ Samuel Gompers

19. http://www.knightsoflabor.org/ http://apushindustrycomesofage.weebly.com/american-federation-of-labor.html

20. ○ American Railway Union ■ Eugene V. Debs ■ 1893 ■ United Rail workers ○ International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union ■ 1900 ■ Represented major garment making centers in major cities

21. ★ Haymarket Square Riot(1886): ○ Radical labor activists arrested ■ Seen as Martyrs ★ Homestead Strike (1892): ○ Protest against Carnegie Steel Company ○ Inspired workers, but prove it was hard to form a union to go against a corporation Strikes

22. ★ Pullman Strike (1894): ○ Walk out by rail workers ○ Turned into a national strike ○ Targeted concerns such as labor unrest, socialism, and efforts to balance economic interest and capitalism

23. ★ Limited working hours ★ Improvement in working conditions Gains

24. Antitrust Laws (1890): ★ Sherman Anti-Trust Act: Prevents business structures from dominating sectors and creating monopolies

25. ★ Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914): Expands on Sherman Anti-Trust Act and further clarifies http://kj3.dromgif.top/c/clayton-antitrust-act/

26. Women’s fight for equality: Women’s suffrage (1848) ★ Women’s suffrage was a time where women fought for equal status in society by expressing their right to vote ★ Encouraged women to join workforce during WWI

27. ★ They had strong leaders that sparked a massive movement within women to fight towards their equality ○ Susan B. Anthony ○ Elizabeth Cady Stanton http://progressiveeraphotosexhibit.weebly.com/

28. ★ Susan B. Anthony: ○ Formed the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) ■ Now the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) (Progressive) http://progressiveeraphotosexhibit.weebly.com/

29. ★ Elizabeth Cady Stanton: ○ Organized the first women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls (Digital) http://www.quotationof.com/elizabeth-cady-stanton.html

30. ○ Took Radical actions for congress to pass the 19th Amendment ○ White House Protest: Women formed a picket line around the white house ■ Over 200 arrests were made (Today) http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/100-years-later-lessons-from- the-sufferin-suffragettes/

31. ★ 19th Amendment (1919): Women’s right to vote ○ Became a symbol as this victory empowered women and led to future reforms for women’s rights (Progressive)

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