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Origins and Goals of the Progressive Movement

Origins and Goals of the Progressive Movement. Origins and Goals of the Progressive Movement. PROGRESSIVISM. Civi l Rights. Suffragettes. Muckrackers. Temperance. Labor Unions. M i d c l a s s W o m e n. Popul ists. S o c i a l i s t s ??. Progressive.

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Origins and Goals of the Progressive Movement

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  1. Origins and Goals of the Progressive Movement

  2. Origins and Goals of the Progressive Movement

  3. PROGRESSIVISM CivilRights Suffragettes Muckrackers Temperance Labor Unions MidclassWomen Popul ists S o c i a l i s t s ??

  4. Progressive • What does the word mean to you? • What do you think the goals were for these people? • What would it take to force change at the turn of the century?

  5. Important Progressive Issues

  6. Industrialization

  7. Growth of the Cities

  8. City Problems

  9. Political Corruption

  10. Four Progressive Goals Have you ever though what would become of the country if the bosses were put out of business, and their places were taken by a lot of cart-tail orators and college graduates? It would mean chaos. It would be just like takin' a lot of dry-goods clerks and settin' them to run express trains on the New York Central Railroad. It makes my heart bleed to think of it. George Washington Plunkitt

  11. The Progressive Reformers Who Were They? • Educational Reformers • Wanted reform of the environment • The Muckrakers • City and State Reformers • Political Reformers • Middle Class and College Educated

  12. Four Progressive Goals • End Abuse of Power by the Industrialists • Replace Corrupt Power with Reformed Institutions • Apply Modern Scientific Principles to Economic, Social, and Political Problems • Change the conditions that existed in the cities and bring child labor under control

  13. Important Progressive Issues • The Proper Relationship between Government and the People • Should Government Regulate Business? • What Responsibility did Government have to those in need?

  14. Muckrackers

  15. Types of Reformers Muckrakers Ida Tarbell Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Thomas Nast Lincoln Steffens

  16. Nast’s Cartoons

  17. Riis’ Photos

  18. Progressive Reformers

  19. Progressive Political Reform

  20. Political Reformers Robert M. LaFollette Socialist Party /Eugene V. Debs Emma Goldman NAACP /William E. B. DuBois Booker T. Washington

  21. Reforming Elections • Secret Ballot-introduced a secret system of voting • Initiative-allowed 5% of voters to "initiate" laws in state legislatures • Referendum---in some states voters could then pass initiatives into laws • Recall-by petition voters could force an official to stand for re-election at any time • Direct primary- to give voters control over candidates

  22. City Reforms • City government system changed to prevent boss or "machine" rule • City commissions replaced mayors and city councils in some areas • City managers (nonpolitical professional managers) were hired to run small cities

  23. Social and Moral Reform

  24. Social Welfare • Jane Addams- Hull House • John Dewey- Education Reform • The Law: Muller vs. Oregon and Keating-Owens Act • Mary Harris "Mother" Jones • Florence Kelly

  25. Moral Reform • Temperance Movement • Prohibition • Carrie Nation/Frances Willard

  26. Scientific Management • Fredrick Winslow Taylor • Improve efficiency of the work place by using scientific principles • Ford Motor Company used this idea with the assembly line • Reduced the work day to 8 hours because of efficiency and offered $5 a day

  27. Women’s Suffrage Was it really that bad?

  28. Movement Gets New Life • College Educated Women see suffrage as a civil right • Door to Door Campaigns • New Tactics from Europe

  29. Anti-Suffragist Cartoons

  30. Early Success

  31. Women’s Suffrage • NAWSA: Carrie Chapman Catt • Organization • Close tie to local, state and national workers • Wide base of support • Lobbying • Ladylike behavior • Alice Paul/National Woman’s Party • Bold tactics used in Europe • National pressure only • Blamed the Democrats • Picketing of White House • Hunger strikes

  32. Images of the Movement

  33. The 19th Amendment • Wilson not overly supportive of suffrage • WWI • Passed 1919 and Ratification August 1920

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