1. Progressive Era
Week #14

2. Monday’s Bellwork
Take Progressive Era Pre-Test

3. Four Goals of Progressivism
Protecting Social Welfare
Promoting Moral Reform
Creating Economic Reform
Fostering Efficiency

4. Promoting Social Welfare
Relieve Urban Problems
YMCA
Salvation Army
Settlement Houses
Child Labor

5. Tuesday’s Bellwork
Describe what social welfare means and give one example of how progressives tried to address the problems with it.

6. Promoting Moral Reform
Moral Reform to make poor people’s lives better
Prohibition
WCTU
Anti-Saloon League

7. Creating Economic Reform
Questioned Capitalism
Depended upon Muckrakers to expose monopolies and “crimes” against the consumer.

8. Foster Efficiency
Using scientific management to ensure efficiency in factories.
Assembly line

9. Wednesday’s Bellwork
Explain why women wanted to ban alcohol. Minimum 3 sentences.

10. What was Accomplished? Local State National City Managers
City commissions
State
Regulate companies (ex. Railroads)
Protect laborers
Initiative, Referendum, Recall
National
17th Amendment – Direct Election of Senators

11. Changes for Women Farms Domestic industry
Women worked but only in non-skilled jobs
Farms
Domestic
industry

12. Women in Reform Women became a driving force behind abolition.
Then they began the fight for suffrage
NAWSA
Susan B. Anthony

13. Square Deal Teddy Roosevelt – the first “Progressive” president
Used federal power to reform labor, business, and government.

14. Big Business Attitude
“The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for, not by the labor agitators, but by the Christian men to whom God in His infinite wisdom has given control of the property interests of the country.” – George Baer

15. Trust Busting Teddy believed in “good” and “bad” trusts.
What is the difference?
His goal was to break the bad trusts, but to keep the good trusts – why?
His true goal – federal regulation!

16. Federal Regulation
Through regulation – rules and laws set by the government – Teddy believed that he could protect citizens and the environment.
Protecting health
Meat Inspection Act
Protecting consumers
Pure Food and Drug Act
Protecting the environment
National Parks and conservation efforts

17. Teddy Roosevelt’s Heir
William Howard Taft
Even though he busted more trusts that TR, Taft was seen as weaker
Lowering of tariffs was important to progressives, but Taft failed at that.
Taft allowed the sale of public lands that were to be conserved
Split the Republican party

18. Student Activity Envelope Foldable Cut paper into a square
Fold into an envelope style
Title: 4 Goals of Progressivism
Flaps: one goal per flap
Inside: for each flap, write down all the information from your notes AND extra details from your text.