1. 17-1 The Origins of Progressivism

2. Social Welfare Reform Movement
Social Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 1.
Social Welfare Reform Movement
YMCA
Salvation Army
Settlement Houses (example, Hull House)
Florence Kelley, an Illinois Factory Inspector, helps get the Illinois Factory Act passed. This law limited working hours for women and children in Illinois

3. (Temperance Movement which supported a ban on alcohol/”
Social Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 2.
Moral Reform
Movement
(Temperance Movement which supported a ban on alcohol/”
Demon Rum”)
WCTU = (Womens Christian Temperance Union) led by Francis Willard
Anti-Saloon League which endorsed politicians who supported the temperance movement
Many towns and state governments adopt prohibition policies
Lead to the passing of the 18th Amendment ( Volstead Act)

4. Economic Reform Movement
Social Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 3.
Economic
Reform
Movement
Henry George
Edward Bellamy
Eugene V. Debs and the Socialist Party
Muckraking journalists
Ida Tarbell exposes corruption of big business in the press. She exposes corrupt practices within the Standard Oil Company
Other “Muckrakers, investigative journalists, expose problems in newspapers, books, etc.

5. Movement for Industrial Efficiency
Social Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 4.
Movement for Industrial Efficiency
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Henry Ford and the Ford Corporation
(Taylorism)Taylor performed time/motion studies to increase work place efficiency
Ford used the assembly line and a $5 dollar a day policy to avoid worker strikes

6. Movement to Protect Workers
Social Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 5.
Movement to Protect Workers
National Child Labor Committee
Louis Brandeis
Florence Kelley
Josephine Goldmark
Keating-Owens Act = Goods can’t cross state lines if they were made from child labor
Muller v. Oregon = 10 hour workday for women and children
Bunting v. Oregon = 10 hour workday for men
Workers compensation laws = aid for family if a worker is hurt or injured on the job

7. Movement to reform local government
Political Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 6.
Movement to reform local government
(spurred by national disasters like the Galveston, Texas hurricane and tidal wave and the flood in Dayton, Ohio)
Detroit Mayor, Hazen Pingree
Cleveland Mayor, Tom Johnson
Citizens play a more active role in government
Commission and city council forms of government are adopted
City departments and managers are established (ex. Road Department, Sanitation Department etc.)
Property taxes are collected
Public ownership of utilities

8. State reform of big business
Political Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 7.
State reform of big business
Wisconsin Senator, Robert M. La Follette
Charles Aycock, Albert Cummins and Joseph Folk
La Follette went after railroad corruption leading to Wisconsin passing laws that regulated the railroad
These men attacked corruption in big business

9. Movement for Election Reform
Political Reforms
People and Groups Involved
Successes 8.
Movement for Election Reform
William S.
U’Ren, (Oregon)
States like Oregon adopt secret ballot, initiative, referendum, recall and direct primary
Seventeenth Amendment is passed

10. Important Terms
Initiative: a way for people to propose laws directly bypassing the legislators
Recall: a vote on whether to remove a public official from office
Referendum: a way for people to approve changes in laws by a vote
17th Amendment: Amendment providing for senators to be elected directly by the people
Scientific Management: Using scientific ideas to make work more efficient
Progressive Movement: Social reform movement in the early 20th century
Prohibition: banning of the sale or drinking of alcoholic beverages