2. Four Goals  Caused by social upheavals  Progressive Movement -> aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American Life 1) protecting social welfare 2) promoting moral improvement 3) creating economic reform 4) fostering efficiency

3. Protecting Social Welfare  Soften harsh conditions of industrialization  Aimed to help the poor through community centers, churches, and social services  YMCA -> opened libraries, sponsored classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts  Salvation Army -> fed people  Florence Kelly -> improve lives of women and children

4. Promoting Moral Improvement  Morality held the key to improving the lives of poor people Improve social behavior  Prohibition Banning of alcoholic beverages Undermining American morals Clash with immigrants -> customs, cash checks, serving meals

5. Economic Reform  Began to question capitalist economic system Looking at socialism Created uneven balance between business, gov’t, and ordinary people Big business often received favorable treament from gov’t officials and politicians ○ Muckrakers -> wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life

6. Fostering Efficiency  Put faith in experts and scientific principles to make society and the workplace more efficient  Time and motion studies by Frederick Winslow Taylor “Taylorism” was applied to scientific management studies to see how quickly each task could be performed ○ Caused high turnover due to injuries suffered

7. Cleaning Up Local Government  Political bosses rewarded their supporters with jobs and kickbacks and openly bought votes with favors and bribes  Natural disasters play huge role Hurricane in Galveston, TX – horrible relief reforms Flood in Dayton, OH – lead to city council management  Reform mayors Lowered transportation costs Eliminate greedy private business owners Citizens should play more active role

8. Reform at State Level  States passed laws to regulate railroads, mines, mills, telephone companies, and other large business  Reform Governors Regulate big business ○ Drive them out of politics  Protecting Children End child labor ○ Low skilled jobs = less skilled worker ○ Smaller tools Keating – Owen Act = prohibited transportation of goods over state lines that was produced by child labor

9. Limit Working Hours  Muller vs. Oregon Said that women required the state’s protection against powerful employers Reduced women’s work hours  Progressives also succeeded in winning workers’ compensation to aid the families of workers who were hurt or killed on the job