1. The Progressive Era Reforms

2. Protecting Social Welfare Public Health & Housing Settlement Houses Jane Addams’ Hull-House Building Codes Conservation National Forests Child-Women Labor Illinois Factory Act (1893) Florence Kelley Education Compulsory Attendance – John Dewey

3. Today! A 14 or 15 year old minor may NOT work before 7 a.m. after 7 p.m. between Labor Day and June 1. after 9 p.m. June 1 through Labor Day. more than 8 hours on non-school days. more than 3 hours on school days. more than 24 hours during school weeks. more than 48 hours during non-school weeks. more than six days per week.

4. Promoting Moral Improvement Temperance WCTU 18 th Amendment

5. Creating Economic Reform Corporate Regulation Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) Pure Food & Drug Act (1906) Meat Inspection Act (1905) The Jungle – Upton Sinclair (muckraker) Assembly Line (1913) Meatpacking to Henry Ford

6. A Revolution is Coming! Captains of Industry – believed they were superior to the elected government. Difference between “good” and “bad” trusts “Bad” trusts need to be “BUSTED”

7. Promoting Political Reform Government Accountability Initiatives – gave voters the power to start a bill w/a petition Referendum – allowed voters to accept or reject the initiative Recall – gave voters power to replace or remove officials from office 17 th Amendment (1913) Direct election of senators Robert LaFollette – Gov. WI Regulated big business NAACP National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People 19 th Amendment (1920) Women’s Suffrage Susan B. Anthony