1. The Progressive Era Part 1: Origins and Ideas

2. What was Progressivism? Progressivism was a widespread belief linking the idea of progress to the idea of government-imposed reform.

3. Characteristics of the Progressive Movement Diffuse and Diverse Elitist Tended toward Darwinism and Atheism

4. Origins of the Progressive Movement Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, 1859

5. Aspects of the Progressivism Philosophy: –W–William James Pragmatism

6. Education: –J–John Dewey “Progressive Education”

7. Journalism: “Muckraking” –L–Lincoln Steffens The Shame of the Cities –I–Ida Tarbell History of Standard Oil Company –U–Upton Sinclair The Jungle The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” ~Upton Sinclair

8. Religion: “The Social Gospel” Walter Rauschenbusch

9. Law: Sociological Jurisprudence Louis Brandeis