1. The Progressives

2. Who are they? People wanting to reform our economic system and society
Only very rich, and very poor are NOT good for the US
Inequality of genders and races is bad for society
Florence Kelley
Improved work conditions
Anti-child labor
For women’s rights
Emma Goldman
Anarchist, Russian-Jew
For birth control, suffrage, worker’s rights, & racial equality
Robert La Follette
Regulate and control big business
John Muir
Conservation
W.E.B. Dubois
Racial equality
Formed the NAACP
Who are they?

3. What did they want? Economic Political Social
Workplace conditions, efficiency, child labor
Monopolies - break
them up
Political
Women’s suffrage
Get businesses out of politics through election reforms
Social
Prohibition, conservation, education, food safety
End Women's Suffrage