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1 1/26/15 Warm Up: 1. What types of actions might pressure changes in laws through government? 2. How can individuals bring about change in their community?

2 Progressive era In 1900 a new group of reformers began to dominate politics, They were known as Progressives, their ideas dominated politics from , known as the Progressive Era

3 Who Were the Progressives?
It was an impulse, not an organized movement! Urban College educated Middle class Mostly women Democrats or Republicans Social reformers Politicians

4 4 Goals of the Progressives
1. protecting social welfare     . YMCA, Salvation Army Attack social ills: poverty, housing, health

5 2. promoting moral improvement
Improve moral behavior Prohibition movement WCTU: Anti-Saloon League Cartoon page 518

6 3. creating economic reform
Regulate the trusts Rid cities and states of political corruption American Socialist Party muckrakers The Muckrakers Page 532

7 4. fostering efficiency The Brandeis brief: scientific management
Henry Ford Improve factory conditions

8 Progressive Presidents
Wilson Roosevelt Taft

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