1. Wednesday November 5, 2014 Mr. Goblirsch – U.S. History
OBJECTIVE – Students Will Be Able To – SWBAT:
Identify the four goals of the Progressive Era.
AGENDA:
WARM-UP: Progressive Journal
CONCEPT: Progressive Era
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Ch. 9-1 Worksheet
VIDEO CLIP: America Story of Us – Cities
HW: Immigration Experience Letter
– DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY 11/12
Progressive Journal WARM-UP: (Follow the directions below)
***5 Minutes***
Answer the questions below in a paragraph journal entry.
What is the minimum age that you think a child should be allowed to work?
Should it be different for different types of jobs?
How many hours a day should minors (under 18) be allowed to work?

2. IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCE LETTER
OBJECTIVE:
Describe the experience of immigrants moving to the U.S. and adjusting to their new life.
DIRECTIONS:
Write a letter as if you were an immigrant who migrated to the United States in the late 1800s. Refer to your lecture notes, and text book (P & ) to write a letter to a family member describing the experience and difficulties faced upon arriving and living in the U.S. Be sure to include each of the topics listed below in your letter. Your letter should be typed (12 pt font, single spaced, creative font is OK).
***DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY 11/12
Be sure to include the following:
- Introduction
- description of the journey (travel conditions, feelings of
hope/excitement) & experience of the Ellis/Angel Island immigration
station
- new living conditions (ethnic communities, urban problems)
- difficulties faced in U.S. (nativism/discrimination, low-wage jobs)
- Conclusion

3. Ch 9 Sec 1
Progressive Era

4. SECTION 1: ORIGINS OF PROGRESSIVISM
As America entered into the 20th century, middle class reformers addressed many social problems
Work conditions, rights for women and children, economic reform, environmental issues and social welfare were a few of these issues

5. Progressive Goals Progressive era – 1890 – 1914 GOALS:
Correct the injustices in American life from industrialization and urbanization
GOALS:
Protect social welfare
Promote moral improvement
Create economic reform
Foster efficiency in industry

6. Structured Academic Discussion
One of the 4 Progressive goals was …

7. 1.PROTECT SOCIAL WELFARE
Factory work in the late 19th century was largely unregulated
Employers felt little responsibility toward their workers
As a result Settlement homes and churches served the community
Also the YMCA and Salvation Army took on service roles

8. 2. Goal—Promote Moral Improvement
Morality key to improve lives
A. Alcohol causes Immoral Behavior
B. Women Fought for Prohibition (ban alcohol)
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Anti-Saloon League

9. Structured Academic Discussion
The Progressive goal of protecting the social welfare was about …
The Progressive goal of promoting moral improvement was about …

10. 3. CREATE ECONOMIC REFORM
The Panic of some Americans to question the capitalist economic system
As a result some workers embraced socialism
Eugene Debs organized the American Socialist Party in 1901
Debs encouraged workers to reject American Capitalism

11. 1. Used mass media to open the publics eyes to business/urban problems
Muckrakers - Journalists that Exposed the Corrupt Side of Business & Public Life
1. Used mass media to open the publics eyes to business/urban problems
Ida Tarbell exposed Standard Oil Company’s cut-throat methods of eliminating competition
Big Business Controls Govt.

12. Structured Academic Discussion
Some American workers turned to __________ because …
A muckraker was …

13. V. Goal—Develop Efficiency
Long working hours decrease efficiency
Fredrick Winslow Taylor (Taylorism)
1. Applied scientific management studies to create more efficiency
Break Down Tasks into Simpler Parts
See How Fast Each Could be Performed

14. C. Henry Ford - Pioneered the Assembly Line
1. using assembly line, in 1913 Produced a Car in 2 hrs (before 12 hrs) – P Image
8-hr work day - $5 a day to keep workers happy
1913 Model T Fords

15. Structured Academic Discussion
Of the 4 Progressive goals we just discussed, I feel __________ was the most needed of the time because …

16. CHAPTER 9 THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
AMERICA SEEKS REFORMS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

17. FOUR GOALS OF REFORMERS
1) Protect Social Welfare
2) Promote Moral Improvement
3) Create Economic Reform
4) Foster Efficiency

18. REGULATING BIG BUSINESS
Under the progressive Republican leadership of Robert La Follette, Wisconsin led the way in regulating big business
Robert La Follette

19. PROTECTING WORKING CHILDREN
As the number of child workers rose, reformers worked to end child labor
Children were more prone to accidents caused by fatigue
Nearly every state limited or banned child labor by 1918

20. EFFORTS TO LIMIT HOURS
The Supreme Court and the states passed or strengthened laws reducing women’s hours of work
Progressives also succeeded in winning worker’s compensation to aid families of injured workers

21. ELECTION REFORM
Citizens fought for, and won, such measures as secret ballots, referendum votes, and the recall
Citizens could petition and get initiatives on the ballot
In 1899, Minnesota passed the first statewide primary system

22. DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS
Before 1913, each state’s legislature had chosen its own U.S. senators
To force senators to be more responsive to the public, progressives pushed for the popular election of senators
As a result, Congress passed the th Amendment (1913)