1. A movement in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries to reform social problems created by Industrialization. Goal: Gov’t should take a more active role in solving society’s problems.

2.  Journalists that wrote about social, economic, and political injustices  Articles printed in popular magazines increased public’s awareness of social ills

3.  Social Welfare Housing, child labor, working conditions, Prohibition  Government Efficiency  Expansion of Democracy  Women’s Suffrage  Big Business  Failed in Civil Rights

4.  Cities were unable to provide garbage collection, safe housing, police and fire protection  Tenement Act of 1901 passed  Building codes set minimum standards for light, air, room size, sanitation  Death rate dropped

5.  National Child Labor Committee worked to end child labor  States passed minimum age laws and maximum hours laws  Passed compulsory education laws  States passed maximum work hour laws for women  Worker’s compensation  Minimum wage

6.  Many blamed alcohol for crime, poverty, and violence against women and children  Employers believed drinking hurt worker efficiency  Women ’ s Christian Temperance Union Advocated for a ban on liquor Joined by the Anti-Saloon League  18 th Amendment is passed 1920 Prohibits manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol

8. What were several goals of the Progressive Movement? What were some successes of the Progressive Movement?

9.  Typically the mayor chose the heads of city departments Went to political supporters and friends  Change to Commission Plan City’s government be divided into several departments, dep’t headed by experts

10.  Recall - gave voters the ability to remove public officials from office  Initiative – allowed citizens to propose new laws  Referendum - allowed voters to overturn legislation already passed at local levels  Direct Primaries - voters could vote for a candidate to run in the general election  Secret Ballot – all candidates names on one piece of plain paper  Seventeenth Amendment – popular vote of senators

11.  Seneca Falls Convention in 1848  Disappointment in 15 th Amendment  Difference in Strategy National Woman Suffrage Association: Constitutional Amendment American Woman Suffrage Association: State governments legalize  Remain unpopular Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe

12.  1890 two groups unite to form National American Woman Suffrage Association  Gains popularity as women want to vote for reforms they support  Used a variety of strategies  19 th Amendment passed

13. How was democracy expanded during the Progressive Era?

14.  1901 President McKinley is fatally wounded and his VP Theodore Roosevelt becomes President  His actions in the Coal Strike of 1902 showed the public where he stood  Intervened on behalf of workers to get higher pay and wages  Famous for his “Square Deal” or the idea that the needs of workers, businesses and consumers should be balanced

15. “ We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.” Broke up with Northern Securities Corporation by enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act Department of Labor and Commerce created Railroad rates were regulated with the Interstate Commerce Commission

16. Harmful ingredients in food and over the counter products Meat Inspection Act Pure Food and Drug Act No food or medicine containing harmful substances Accurate Ingredient labels

18. Roosevelt loved the outdoors He was alarmed at the rate in which natural resources were being used up Believed it was the government’s role to manage the land and natural resources Newlands Reclamation Act Created the National Forest Service

19. Why is Theodore Roosevelt considered a Progressive president?

20.  W.E.B. Du Bois and others met at Niagara Falls to demand full political rights  Lead to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Worked to end segregation, lynching, poverty Progressivism: Many Successes But One Obvious Failure…