1. The Drive for Reform
Chapter 8 Section 1

2. What to know Causes of Progressivism and compare it to Populism
Analyze the role that journalists played in the Progressive movement
Evaluate some of the social reforms that Progressives tackled
Explain what Progressives hoped to achieve through political reforms

3. What is Progressivism?
Movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms
Reforms?
To form again
The improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory

4. Where did it come from? Everywhere
All political parties, social classes, ethnic groups, and religions

5. Common Belief
Believed that industrialization and urbanization had created troubling social and political problems
Wanted to bring reforms to fix these problems

6. Progressivism v. Populism
Similar
Eliminate abuse of big business
Eliminate corrupt government
Difference
Middle class ran Progressivism
Highly educated should help improve society

7. Tackling Problems Industrial hazards Corrupt government
No right to vote for women
Poor living conditions
Poor working conditions
Monopolies
Gap between rich and poor

8. Muckrakers Who are they? Who did they expose?
Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business
Who did they expose?
Political corruption
Abuses by big business
Called for better schools
Working and living conditions

9. Muckrakers Lincoln Steffens
Used his writings to show how city of Philadelphia politicians were corrupt

10. Muckrakers
Jacob Riis
Used his pictures to show unsafe working and living conditions

11. Living Conditions

12. Working Conditions

13. Reforms Factory Laws Labor laws Settlement houses Improved education
Child Labor laws
New forms of local government
Utilities become public
Direct Primary
Initiative
Referendum
Recall