2. The Major
Social,
Economic &
Political
Goals of the
Progressive Movement

3. So what is the “Progressive Movement” again?
A reform movement in response to the Gilded
Age seeking to correct bad conditions and injustices in American life, to restore economic opportunities, and to return control of the government to the people.
5:45-9:00

4. Social Reforms
Problem: American cities were unsafe and needed to be “cleaned up”
Solution: Women took the lead in various “Social Housekeeping” crusades
Examples:
Enforce Morality (“Temperance” & “Blue” Laws)
18th Amendment (Prohibition)

6. Carrie Nation—
One Woman’s Fight

9. Social Reforms
Problem: American cities were unsafe and needed to be “cleaned up”
Solution: Women took the lead in various “Social Housekeeping” crusades
Examples:
Enforce Morality (“Temperance” & “Blue” Laws)
18th Amendment (Prohibition)
19th Amendment (Women’s Suffrage)

14. Mary Poppins—Sister Sufragette
3 min. brief summary
Bad Romance—5 min.

15. Economic Reforms Problem: Big business monopolies abused their power
Solution: More & stricter government regulation
Examples:
“Trust Busting” – breaking up monopolies, making sure there are multiple competitors in each industry

17. Economic Reforms Problem: Big business monopolies abused their power
Solution: More & stricter government regulation
Examples:
“Trust Busting” – breaking up monopolies, making sure there are multiple competitors in each industry
Legal Protections - Child labor, Workplace safety, environmental protection laws passed

19. There were the butt-ends of smoked meat, and the
scraps of corned beef, and all the odds and ends of the
waste of the plants, that would be dumped into old barrels
in the cellar and left there….. there were some jobs that it
only paid to do once in a long time, and among these was
the cleaning out of the waste barrels. Every spring they did it; and in the barrels would be dirt and rust and old nails
and stale water – and cartload after cartload of it would be taken up and dumped into the hoppers with fresh meat, and sent out to the public's breakfast.
--Upton Sinclair, “The Jungle”

28. Economic Reforms Problem: Big business monopolies abused their power
Solution: More & stricter government regulation
Examples:
“Trust Busting” – enforce existing laws
Legal Protections - Child labor, Workplace safety, consumer & environmental protection laws passed
16th Amendment (Progressive Federal Income Tax)

29. Solution: More democracy & structural change
Political Reforms
Problem: Political Machines were corrupt and did not solve problems effectively
Solution: More democracy & structural change
Examples:
City Managers – professionals selected by city council instead of patronage by city bosses

31. Political Reforms Examples:
Problem: Political Machines were corrupt and did not solve problems effectively
Solution: More democracy & structural change
Examples:
City Managers – professionals selected by city council instead of patronage by city bosses
Initiatives & Recalls – more direct power to the people

39. Political Reforms Examples:
Problem: Political Machines were corrupt and did not solve problems effectively
Solution: More democracy & structural change
Examples:
City Managers – professionals selected by city council instead of patronage by city bosses
Initiatives & Recalls – more direct power to the people
17th Amendment - Direct (not by state legislatures) Election of US Senators

40. How can an
amendment be
added to the
Constitution?