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SOL USII.4e : The Progressive Movement

Lisa Pennington Social Studies Instructional Specialist Portsmouth Public Schools. SOL USII.4e : The Progressive Movement. Progressive Movement : movement that wanted to improve working conditions and create laws to regulate businesses. Muckraker : reporter/writer who exposed corruption.

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SOL USII.4e : The Progressive Movement

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  1. Lisa Pennington Social Studies Instructional Specialist Portsmouth Public Schools SOL USII.4e : The Progressive Movement

  2. Progressive Movement: movement that wanted to improve working conditions and create laws to regulate businesses. Muckraker: reporter/writer who exposed corruption. Knights of Labor: a union formed in 1869 made up of skilled and unskilled workers. Lockout: when workers are could not enter a plant. Vocabulary

  3. American Federation of Labor: formed in 1886 by Samuel Gompers-had skilled workers only. Homestead Strike: 1892 union strike against steel plant in Pennsylvania. Yellow dog contract: written agreement not to join a union. Blacklist: list of workers who were union members. Vocabulary

  4. The effects of industrialization led to the rise of organized labor and important workplace reforms. Essential Understandings

  5. Negative Effects of Industrialization • Child labor • Low wages, long hours • Unsafe working conditions http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/acs/library/ushistory/laborwebquest/images/child_labor.jpg

  6. Rise of Organized Labor • Formation of union: Growth of American Federation of Labor • Strikes: Aftermath of Homestead Strike http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-americanhistory/HomesteadRiot1892.jpg

  7. Progressive Movement Workplace Reforms • Improved safety conditions • Reduced work hours • Placed restrictions on child labor

  8. Suffrage: the right to vote. 18th Amendment: prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of liquor (1919). It was enforced by the Volstead Act. Temperance Movement: led by American religious groups opposed to the manufacture and consumption of alcohol. 19th Amendment: women gained the right to vote in 1920. Vocabulary

  9. Women’s Suffrage • Increased educational opportunities • Attained voting rights: Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment; Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked for women’s suffrage. http://z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/D/1/sbanthony_hws_400w.jpg http://kids.americancorners.or.kr/ENG/images/05_history_07_02_03.jpg

  10. Temperance Movement • Composed of groups opposed to the making and consumption of alcohol. The rationale was that liquor caused poverty and social disorder. • Supported the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. http://i.b5z.net/i/u/895699/i/VDP_-prohibition-poster_ezr.JPG

  11. How did the reforms of the Progressive Movement change the United States? How did workers respond to the negative effects of industrialization? Think About It…

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