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Progressive Era

Progressive Era. “We’ve got to start to make this world over. (Thomas Edison,1912 ). THE BIG IDEA. Beginning in the late 1800s, reformers known as Progressives worked to try to solve the problems of American Society. Industrialization caused problems. Unemployment and labor unrest

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Progressive Era

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  1. Progressive Era “We’ve got to start to make this world over. (Thomas Edison,1912 )

  2. THE BIG IDEA Beginning in the late 1800s, reformers known as Progressives worked to try to solve the problems of American Society

  3. Industrialization caused problems • Unemployment and labor unrest • Wasteful use of natural resources • Abuses of corporate power

  4. Urbanization – move from farm to city • Cities full of problems – poverty, disease, crime and political corruption • Influx of immigrants and rise of a new manager class upset earlier class alignments • Depression from 1893 – 1897 convinced people that “equality of opportunity” was a myth – NO WAY OUT

  5. Who Were the Progressives • New middle class of young professionals • Apply professional principles • Strong faith in progress and education • Volunteerism can solve problems • Most were city dwellers and focused on city problems

  6. Progressives included: • Socialists • Labor Leaders • Child Labor reformers • Government reformers • Muckrakers (Reporters)

  7. American Socialist Party Government control of property and income End capitalist system (inequality) Redistribute wealth Nationalize industries No revolution – change through elections Socialist Party formed 1901

  8. GOALS OF THE PROGRESSIVES • Prevent businesses from treating other companies unfairly • Improve safety and working conditions • Outlaw child labor • Create programs to help –sick, unemployed, and elderly • Reduce government corruption • Give women the right to vote

  9. Why were they called Muckrakers? Who functions like a muckraker in our modern society? Who is a muckraker in Buffalo New York? The Muckrakers

  10. Lincoln Steffens Ida Tarbell Upton Sinclair Muckrakers

  11. In 1890 Jacob Riis (1849-1914) published “How the Other Half Lives,” including his photograph of children sleeping on the streets of New York. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress.

  12. Muckraking vs. Yellow Journalism

  13. Muckraking vs. Yellow Journalism • The two are often confused • What are the Similarities?

  14. Virtually the Same… but

  15. There are Differences!

  16. Something to think about –Homework

  17. Progressive Legislation • 1890 – Sherman Anti-Trust Act • Outlawed monopolies and unfair business practices • 1905 - U.S. Forest Service – manage nation’s water and timber resources • 1906 – Meat Inspection Act – Federal inspection of meat processing • 1906 – Pure Food and Drug Act – outlawed dishonest labeling • 1913 – Department of Labor created – promote welfare and safety of working people

  18. The Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt 26th President 1901 - 1909 Wm. Howard Taft 27th President 1909 - 1913 Woodrow Wilson 28th President 1913 - 1921

  19. Women can finally VOTE • 19th Amendment passed in 1920 • Voting population is doubled • Women take their rightful place in ademocratic republic

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