1. 8-5.8 The Progressive Movement

2. Progressives
The progressive movement was started to help social and economic problems
Problems Included:
Child Labor
Alcohol Consumption
Women’s Suffrage (Right to Vote)
Fair Treatment for Workers
Improving Education

3. Why did we need this?
Progressive movement happened because of problems in growing cities
Middle class wanted to stop paying taxes to corrupt governments
The movement started locally and then moved nationally
In S.C. “progressive” reforms also included disenfranchising African Americans

4. Governors of the Era
Graduation rates were still very low due to very few high schools
Many governors supported the 16th Amendment which started the income tax for all Americans which would help pay for public education.
Governor Cooper supported raising taxes for education spending
He increased the school year to 7 months
Governor Manning (1915 – 1919) was our most progressive governor
He established a fair tax system and enforced it, raised minimum wage, built schools, paved roads and highways, and build hospitals

5. Muckrakers Were a driving force behind the Progressive Movement.
Journalists who wrote about the negatives that workers faced.
Exposed the widespread corruption in business and government
Columbia’s The State newspaper engaged in muckraking journalism

6. What message are these cartoons giving?

7. Temperance Movement
The Temperance Movement wanted people to give up alcohol completely.
SC was slow to pass temperance legislation because Tillman was against this because he wanted the state dispensary instead
Prohibition was put into effect in 1915 in South Carolina and 18th Amendment in the U.S.
Bootlegging and illegal selling of alcohol became a problem

9. Labor in Mills
Child Labor Laws started with a minimum age of 12 and then raised it to 14
Mill Village owners and some parents were against these reforms in SC.
Most mill works were pushing for higher wagers and shorter hours.
A City Commission form of government was passed that elected its members at large rather than by the community to limit the voice of the mill worker.

10. Women in the Progressive Movement
Women in SC promoted establishment of schools and hospitals
Nation wide, women prohibition and also, work improvement and voting
Black women promoted community improvement in black neighborhoods
After WWI, women in the U.S. were recognized for their contribution & awarded with the 19th Amendment (voting)
S.C. didn’t agree with the 19th Amendment until 1967

11. What idea does the
cartoon try to show
voters?

12. End of the Progressive Era
Focus shifted when America enter into WWI.
US engagement in the war brought an end to the Progressive Era.