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DO NOW: WHAT DOES PROGRESSIVE MEAN? GIVE AN EXAMPLE. The Progressive Era 1900-1920
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I. Results of Industrialization A. Urban Problems B. Poor Treatment of workers & child labor C. Immigration & nativism D. Gov. corruption E. Abuses of Big Business F. Increased inequalities between wealthy & poor G. Increased power & influence of middle class H. Discontent among farmers
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II. Reforms Demanded A. Progressives support the use of government power to bring about reform 1.Use science and technology to improve society 2. Strengthen capitalism 3. Bypass party politics a. spoils system
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B. Specific Areas of Concern 1. Poverty & living conditions among the poor 2. women’s suffrage 3. Peace 4. Rights for African-Americans 5. Temperance 6. Anti-defamation
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EQ: What problems existed in cities during the Gilded Age? HW: Twitter Project Do Now: Explain the change shown in the two images
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A Growler Gang in Session (Robbing a Lush), 1887
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Street Arabs in Sleeping Quarters, c.1880s
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Thomas Nast
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C. Key Social Figures 1. Muckrakers – Lincoln Steffens, Ida Tarbell 2. poverty – Jacob Riis, Jane Addams 3. Women – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul 4. African-Americans – Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Dubois, Ida Wells, Marcus Garvey
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HW: ON WEB PAGE, TEST THURSDAY DO NOW: WHAT GOALS DID WOMEN HAVE DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA? (LIST AND EXPLAIN WHY) The Progressive Era 1900-1920
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http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/ mgpp/sound.asp http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/sf eature/sf_words.html#
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III. Progressivism & the Government A. Municipal reform (city level) B. State reform focused on voter participation (Wisconsin Idea) direct primaries initiative referendum recall C. National Reform 1. President A)TR, Taft, Wilson B) Square Deal (TR) C)New Freedom (WW)
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2. Legislative Progressivism A) RR Regulation – Hepburn Act B) Consumer protection – Square Deal C) Conservation – National Parks D) Underwood Tariff – Reduced Tariffs E) Graduated Income Tax – 16 th Amendment F) Clayton Anti-Trust Act – End trusts, strengthen labor G) Federal Trade Commission – monitor business H) Federal Reserve System – creates Federal Reserve Board
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3. Supreme Court A) Lochner v. NY (no limit on contract based work day) B) Mueller v. Oregon (limit on women’s hours) C) Northern Securities Co. v. US (trust broken up) D) Hammer v. Dagenhart (banned child labor) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/a ntebellum/majority2a.html
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EQs 1. Where did Progressivism get its start? 2. What did the Progressives hope to achieve? 3. What were the successes of the movement? The failures?
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