1. Progressive Era

2. Progressive Era Groups that were working to bring about “progress” or reform in society between 1890 to 1920

3. Progressives
-Were mostly of average wealth & wanted to free gov. of corruption so it could be more efficient in a role as guardian of workers and the poor

4. -One of their biggest concerns was the railroad corporations
1. Muckrakers
Journalists that wrote about social, economic, and political injustices
Coined by Theodore Roosevelt
-One of their biggest concerns was the railroad corporations

6. A. Ida Tarbell
Wrote about the Standard Oil Trust (1904)

8. B. Lincoln Steffens Wrote about Political Machines & city politics
McClure’s Magazine

10. C. Upton Sinclair
Wrote about the Meatpacking Industry and immigrant conditions in the city
The Jungle

11. 2. Social Gospel Focused on redeeming large cities
Connected with Religious institutions
Walter Rauschenbusch - advocated for playgrounds and better housing in slum neighborhoods

13. 3. Settlement House Movement
Community centers that helped the immigrant and poor residents
Located in the larger cities run by the middle class
Hull House - located in Chicago set up by Jane Addams

16. Training ground for new female leaders
Eleanor Roosevelt
Led the way for the field of social sciences

17. 4. New Professions American Medical Association (AMA)
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)

18. Women Professions
Settlement Houses, Social work, Nursing, Librarians, and mostly Teaching
Very few women had high level jobs

19. 5.Women’s Movement

20. A. Women’s Groups Women’s Trade Union League (1903)
Encouraged women to join unions

21. National Consumers’ League
Started in 1899 by Florence Kelley
Goal was to improve wages and working conditions of women by promoting boycotts of goods from unfavorable companies

22. B. Suffrage Movement
National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Carrie Chapman Catt
Over 2 million members by 1917

25. 19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote in 1920

26. 6. Voter Reform A. Reform of City or Municipal Governments
Eliminate Political Machines
B. State Government Reform
Robert La Follette of Wisconsin

27. Voters needed more power
Recall - gave voters the ability to remove public officials from office
Initiative - people can propose new laws by getting a certain % of signatures on a petition
Referendum - allowed voters to petition a passed law to be “referred” to voters for approval
Direct Primaries - voters could vote for a candidate to run in the general election