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1 The Progressive Era

2 Definition of Progressive Era
Time period ( ) when efforts were made to reform or eliminate many social problems. Economic Reform Regulate business, improve working conditions, consumer protection Social Reform education, women’s suffrage Political Reform government accountable to the people Environmental Reform Protect the environment from industry Definition of Progressive Era

3 Economic Reform (Regulate trade)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act Break up monopolies -monopolies were unfair and not in the best interest of the American people - Theodore Roosevelt was known as the “trust buster” What does this political cartoon say about monopolies and the men who controlled them? Economic Reform (Regulate trade)

4 Economic Reform (Consumer protection)
Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair Exposed the appalling working conditions in meat packing facilities Led to federal food safety laws Economic Reform (Consumer protection)

5 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
As you listen to this segment from The Jungle, think about the following questions: What is in the sausage? How is the workplace unsanitary? Would people eat this sausage if they knew how it was made? The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

6 Economic Reform (Improve working conditions)
Workplace and Labor reforms: 8 hour workday Improve safety conditions Minimum wage Unionization Child labor laws Economic Reform (Improve working conditions)

7 Tragedy leads to safer working conditions
Triangular Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911 145 workers burned to death Deaths were preventable: Locked doors Neglected safety features Tragedy leads to safer working conditions

8 Social Reform Goal-Protection and expansion of individual rights.
Women’s Suffrage Social Reform

9 Women’s Suffrage Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
1st national meeting for women’s rights Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton 19th Amendment: -women can vote (1920) Women’s Suffrage

10 Political Reform End corruption
Politicians taking bribes Boss Tweed in NYC People elect their senators (not the state legislatures) 17th amendment Boss Tweed Political Reform

11 President Theodore Roosevelt is known as the “conservationist President”
Established the Forest Service in 1906 5 National Parks Protected 230 million acres of public land Environmental Reform

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