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1 Goal 7 The Progressive Era

2 7.01 Explain the conditions that led to the Progressive Era

3 Corruption and ineffectiveness of government

4 Industry and City Due to the problems caused by industrialization and urbanization many began to cry out for reform Reform = change Many believed that more democracy was the cure for problems facing America

5 Immigration and the Urban Poor Jacob Riis Urban Slums-poor living conditions in the working class areas of the cities led to the spread of disease and crime Lowest standard of living and the highest mortality rate

6 Working Conditions Triangle Shirtwaist factory-fire breaks out at sweatshop in NYC; many women working there perish because the doors are chained shut; leads to reform in the workplace (fire escapes, fire codes)

7 Muckrakers Writers that exposed problems and corruption in government and business Ida Tarbell-exposed Standard Oil Ida B. Wells-lynching Lincoln Steffens- “Shame of the Cities” Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair- “The Jungle”; meatpacking industry

8 Upton Sinclair The Jungle Meatpacking industry; unsafe and unhealthy Led to passage of Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

9 Social Gospel Religious movement that advocated taking Jesus to the slums

10 7.02 Analyze how different groups of Americans made economic and political gains in the Progressive Period

11 Roles of Progressive Presidents

12 Teddy Roosevelt Trustbuster Conservationist Newlands Reclamation Act-set aside land for national parks President from 1901- 1909 Runs for president again in 1912 as a third party candidate (Bull Moose party)

13 William Taft Dollar Diplomacy Children’s Bureau Mann Elkins Act

14 Woodrow Wilson Federal Reserve Act-creates 12 district banks to control the nation’s money supply 4 amendments are added to the Constitution while he is president 16th - 19th

15 Political Reform Robert LaFollette- governor from Wisconsin; “Laboratory of Democracy” Called for direct election of senators, referendums, initiatives, and recall 16th-income tax 17th-direct election of senators 18th-prohibition of alcohol 19th-women’s suffrage

16 7.04 Examine the impact of technological changes on economic, social, and cultural life in the US

17 Industrial Innovations

18 Wright Brothers First successful airplane 1903 Kitty Hawk, NC

19 Movie Camera Allowed people to make their own motion pictures Films become a popular form of entertainment

20 Kodak Camera Photos become cheaper and brought them to the mass market

21 Electricity Thomas Edison-light bulb; phonograph Cities use power to run machinery, trains, lights Factories now run 24 hrs Consumers can power things at home (vacuum cleaner)

22 Skyscrapers Cities begin building up instead of out Steel Elevators Land had become expensive

23 Henry Ford Assembly Line- make cars more affordable $5 day-great wage at the time; allowed workers to buy the car as well as other goods Model T-first mass produced car

24 Mail Order Catalogs Sears & Roebuck Companies are able to bring consumer goods to people in remote areas Mass culture

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