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The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era. Timeline page 304. Who were the Progressives?. Journalists and Writers who exposed the unsafe conditions often faced by factory workers Intellectuals who questioned the dominance of large corporations in America’s democratic society

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The Progressive Era

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  1. The Progressive Era Timeline page 304

  2. Who were the Progressives? • Journalists and Writers who exposed the unsafe conditions often faced by factory workers • Intellectuals who questioned the dominance of large corporations in America’s democratic society • Political reformers who struggled to make government more responsive to the people

  3. Four Main Goals of Progressives • Protecting social welfare • Promoting moral improvement • Creating economic reform • Fostering efficiency

  4. Famous Progressives • Upton Sinclair-writer • Susan B. Anthony-woman’s suffrage movement • Carrie Chapman Catt-woman’s suffrage movement • Florence Kelly-fought to improve factory conditions • Carry Nation-Women’s Christian Temperance League • Eugene V. Debs-Union organizer/socialist • W.E.B. Du Bois-founder NAACP • Ida M. Tarbell-Muckraker • Lincoln Steffens

  5. Lack of complete Agreement Even though reformers did not completely agree on the problems or solutions their efforts shared at least one of the four main goals Does this sound like something happening today?

  6. Occupy Wall Street • BrooklynBridge • Occupy Today • Occupy Marin

  7. Primary Sources • Read your source independently • Group with same source • Prepare summary • Share with the class

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