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1. NAME: CLASS: DATE: The Progressives: Guided Notes The Progressives Problems Muckrakers Reforms • Industrial hazards • Corrupt governments • No right to vote for women • Poor living conditions • Poor working conditions • Monopolies • Gap between rich and poor • Exposed conditions • Exposed Political Corruption • Exposed abuses by big business • Called for better schools • Jacob Riis • Jane Addams • Upton Sinclair • Factory laws • Labor laws • Settlement houses • Improved education • Child labor laws • New forms of local government • Utilities become public • Direct primary • Initiative • Referendum • Recall What areas did Progressives think were in need of the greatest reform? How did they attempt to achieve these reforms? Progressives wanted to make changes in politics and government, labor and workplace conditions, urban poverty, as well as child labor and education. Attempts were made to make these reforms by making the issues more public. Novelists, jounalists, photographers, as well as individuals like Jane Addams, all attempted to uncover these injustices and make reforms.