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Progressivism

APUSH. Progressivism. Progressive Era. Goals: Government should Assure more democracy in government Be more accountable to its citizens Reduce the power of wealthy Become more efficient and less corrupt. Objectives. Improving the working conditions of factory laborers

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Progressivism

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  1. APUSH Progressivism

  2. Progressive Era • Goals: Government should • Assure more democracy in government • Be more accountable to its citizens • Reduce the power of wealthy • Become more efficient and less corrupt

  3. Objectives • Improving the working conditions of factory laborers • Fighting corruption in municipal governments • Protecting the interests of consumers • Making government more directly responsible to the electorate

  4. Muckrakers • Defined as writers who played a key role in alerting the public to wrongdoing in politics and business The Jungle – meatpacking industry in Chicago by Upton Sinclair The Octopus – railroads and farmers (Frank Norris) The Shame of the Cities – corrupt urban charities by Lincoln Steffens The Bitter Cry of the Children – use of child labor (John Spargo)

  5. Jacob Riis • Famous Author - journalist and photographer who publicized the wretched conditions in which many immigrants lived How the Other Half Lives

  6. Social Darwinism • Progressive reformers rejected Social Darwinism because they believed that conflict and competition did not necessarily improve society • Break from previous era of big business

  7. W.E.B. DuBois • most influential advocate of full political, economic, and social equality for Black Americans • NAACP

  8. What are we doing right now? • Civil War / Reconstruction Review Test • (write answers on own paper) • Can I write on the test? NO!!! • Does this count against my grade? NO!!!! • Then why are we doing it? Review for midterm • How does this relate to the learning goal? •  We are reviewing the actions of the US government during and after the Civil War

  9. What are we doing right now? • Reading and Analyzing a DBQ on the Atomic Bomb used during World War 2 • Can I write on this packet? Yes • Do I have to write an actual essay? No, this is our way of finishing the unit on World War 2 • How does this relate to the learning goal? We are discussing how the President decided to end World War 2 using a very deadly weapon

  10. APUSH Reading Note Check • Points Possible = 40 • Pages 580-585 = 10 • Pages 575-579 = 10 • Pages 567-572 = 10 • 560-566 = 10

  11. Viewpoints of Progressivism • 1) Mowry-Hofstadter Thesis- idea that progressives were suffering from psychological (not economic) discontent • 2) Progressive reform was about reforming big business • 3) Progressivism was a result of dislocations in American life; rapid changes occurred in the economy but no corresponding changes in social and political institutions. Economic ($) Power moved to big business, but social/political life remained centered in local communities resulted in the panic and disorder of the 1890s

  12. Progressivism - APUSH • Date: January 13, 2012 • Learning Goal: To explain “how women impacted the Progressive Era” • Essential Question: Would an Equal Rights Amendment be Fair to Women? **What to think about during class** • Exit Slip: List 3 ways women impacted the Progressive Era (due at end of class)

  13. Quick Review • Muckrakers- • Goals of Progressivism

  14. Check for Understanding • Please hold up a card (0-4) for how well you understand the Learning Goal: • “How Women Impacted the Progressive Era”

  15. Who was behind the Movement? • 1) Working Class& Immigrants- seeking workmen’s compensation, wage and hour laws • 2) Common people against special interests • 3) Decline of political parties and rise of interest groups working for specific economic interests • 4) Impact of Women- protecting their domestic role in an ever-increasing industrial world (temperance, divorce, prostitution, labor laws)

  16. Settlement House Movement • Jane Addams & Hull House • Idea that poverty and criminality were products of an unhealthy environment (opposite of social Darwinism) • Settlement houses provided help to immigrant families (language, customs, etc of America) • Idea of middle class people “settling” in the inner city and bringing civilization to the frontier

  17. Hull House

  18. Woman and Reform • Boston Marriages- women lived secretly together, often romantic, as women moved into non-traditional roles • NAWSA- National American Woman Suffrage Association; argued giving women voting rights would strengthen temperance movement • Membership grew from 13,000 (1893) to 2 million (1917)

  19. 19th Amendment • 1920 • Early successes in western states • Guaranteed political rights to women throughout the nation

  20. Check for Understanding • Please hold up a card (0-4) for how well you understand

  21. Equal Rights Amendment • Short Video • A constitutional amendment that would provide clear, legal protection for their rights and would prohibit all discrimination on the basis of sex • Failed every time up for vote • Why? Made women essentially like men (eligible for draft/war)

  22. Discussion Questions • Was the Equal Rights Amendment a good or bad idea?  With your neighbors, compile a list of pros and cons of a proposed Equal Rights Amendment

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