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The Progressive Movement

The Progressive Movement. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY & Mrs. Christy WYHS. Civi l Rights. M i d c l a s s W o m e n. Labor Unions. Suffragettes. Muckrackers. Temperance. Popul ists. Goo Goos. The “Culture Wars”: The Pendulum of Right v. Left.

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The Progressive Movement

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  1. The Progressive Movement Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY & Mrs. Christy WYHS

  2. CivilRights MidclassWomen Labor Unions Suffragettes Muckrackers Temperance Popul ists Goo Goos

  3. The “Culture Wars”:The Pendulum of Right v. Left ChristianEvangelicalMovement CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION 2nd Great Awakening Social Gospel 1920s Revivalism 1950sRevivalism CIVILWAR Antebellum Reforms[1810s-1850s] Progressivism[1890s-1920] New Deal[1930s-1940s] Great Society&1960s SocialMovements Populism[1870s-1890s]

  4. Progressive Ideas • Looking for logic in the social chaos • Burst of scientific investigation • Statistical studies by the federal gov’t, academia, or privately funded • Pragmatism • Concerned with solving problems & not contemplating ultimate ends

  5. Muckrakers • Reform journalism, McClure’s & Collier’s • Term coined by Teddy • Middle class interest for fact-filled reporting of evil doers • Lincoln Steffens = same of the cities • Ida M. Tarbell = Standard Oil

  6. Jacob Riis’ How the Other Half Lives included photographs!

  7. Women Progressives • Jane Addams (Hull House) • Settlement house • New York Consumers’ League • Created a “white list” • Mueller v. Oregon • Limited workday for women to 10 hours • Revitalized suffrage mov’t • Working towards a federal amendment

  8. Feminism • Younger, college-educated self-supporting women • Feminists = freedom for full personal development • Considered themselves equal to men • Sometimes conflicted with Progressivism • Example – Muller case

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