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Chapter 18 - The Age of Reform

Chapter 18 - The Age of Reform. Populism = Rural issues Progressivism = Urban issues. The Progressive Movement. Middle & upper class people Women jump on board! Why?. Progressive issues. Reform the workplace! Limit monopolies & trusts! (reduce corporate power)

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Chapter 18 - The Age of Reform

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  1. Chapter 18 - The Age of Reform Populism = Rural issues Progressivism = Urban issues The Progressive Movement • Middle & upper class people • Women jump on board! Why? Progressive issues • Reform the workplace! • Limit monopolies & trusts! (reduce corporate power) • Social issues: elections, education, equality

  2. Inspiration • Progressive journalists join in the fight! Muckrakers !!! • Munsey’s, Everybody’s, McClure’s Magazine • Told of corruption in politics and business • Increased awareness of social issues Ida Tarbell • “History of the Standard Oil Company” • Local Hero!! Allegheny College, Titusville • The “Terror of the Trusts” Upton Sinclair - The Jungle

  3. Reforming the Workplace • Female & child laborers • Equal pay, safer conditions, shorter days, no children, minimum wage • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Florence Kelley Progressivism & the S.C. • Corporations fight back! • 14th Amendment protects property, right? • Freedom of contract • Muller v. Oregon • Louis Brandeis (Brandeis Brief)

  4. Labor Unions • Closed Shop • Socialism AFL (American Federation of Labor) Samuel Gompers ILGWU (International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union) IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) • William “Big Bill” Haywood • Wobblies

  5. Reforming City Life • Over 50% of pop. Living in cities • Housing, sanitation, police & fire protection, education, recreation • Lawrence Veiller • NY Tenement House Act • Daniel Burnham • City planning (Chicago) Moral Reform • -Prohibition – banned the manufacture, sale & transportation of • alcoholic beverages • Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) • 18th Amendment

  6. Racial Discrimination • Many progressives do not want to include minorities • Some minorities do succeed, but major change is decades away W.E.B. Du Bois NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) National Urban League Society of American Indians * Americanization

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