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Picturing the Progressive Era. By: Annamarie Ciccarello and Cooper Filhaber. Political Reform. http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0105.html. Political Reform Analysis.
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Picturing the Progressive Era By: Annamarie Ciccarello and Cooper Filhaber
Political Reform http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0105.html
Political Reform Analysis • Symbolizes how the people were losing faith in the party systems and were extremely against monopolies • This gave rise to special interest groups, and new forms of government such as the Commission Plan and the City-Manager Plan • So What: The rise of special interests and their influence over the government would shape the way politics were conducted through the creation of special interests groups such as the professional organizations, trade associations representing particular business and industries, labor organizations, farm lobbies and many others.
Women’s Rights http://courses.wccnet.edu/~jrush/122outline19.html
Women’s Rights Analysis • Represents women’s desires for the vote and for even more rights than they had before • Heavily demanded suffrage as well. • Formed groups such as the NAWSA, Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt were the leaders. Suffrage, some supporters began to argue, would not challenge the “separate sphere” in which women resided. It would allow women to bring their special and distinct virtues more widely to bear on society’s problems. • So What: Gave women the right to vote which is very important to politics and rights in general for women all across America. It was the starting point for a change in women’s rights and gave way to the Equal Rights Amendment for suffrage.
Temperance Movement http://www.ushistoryscene.com/tag/progressive-era/
Temperance • Increased pressure on congress to outlaw the sale of hard liquor and alcoholic beverages • Heavily supported by household wives, high-ranking employers, and critics of trusts who viewed the alcohol trust as one of the most vile in the country • Displays what many considered to be the steps taken to being overcome by chronic consumption of the drink • So what: Eventually led to the prohibition (eighteenth amendment), which in turn gave way to the rise of bootleggers all across the country
Immigration https://www.hws.edu/academics/mediaandsociety/curriculum.aspx
Immigration Analysis • The nativists heavily opposed the influx of immigrants into the U.S. and saw it as a threat to their way of life • There were large disagreements on how to deal with the immigration population- many progressives believed in assimilation, but many nativists believed in restricting immigration • Many nativists had support from large political figures: Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, etc • So what: Many immigrants would come to find harsh opposition from the nativists throughout the progressive era- not dissimilar to efforts to restrict immigration today. The picture displays how many saw their apparent repression as a violation of their rights and demanded citizenship.
Business Reform http://www.digitalpencil.org/projects_AllGrades/History_TheProgressiveMovement/History_ProgressiveMovement.aspx
Business Reform Analysis • Public outcry to limit the power of trusts and monopolies was growing • Many saw the need for a balance between big business and free competition. • Government argued that the thing to do was not outright crush the scale of the corporations, but to limit the power it has to prevent further abuses • A supporting argument was the distinction between “good trusts” and “bad trusts”- simply encourage the good trusts while disciplining the bad. • So what: Most everyone saw that the trusts posed as a serious problem for the American Economy and the rights of laborers- it was inevitable that the government would act, but it was unclear how at first, as many of the trusts had the nation in the palms of the corporate hands. Theodore Roosevelt became increasing popular in his efforts to limit the corporations.
Works Cited • Brinkley, Alan. American History: A Survey. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Print. • Covkin, Serena. Temperance as a "maternal Struggle". How the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Reflected and Defined Women's Roles in the Public Sphere. N.d. Photograph. History Scene, n.p. • MDSC 315 Intro to Social Documentary. N.d. Photograph. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, n.p. • Progressive Movement. N.d. Photograph. Nebraska Studies, n.p. • The Progressive Movement: A Cry for Reform. N.d. Photograph. Digital Pencil, n.p. • Women's Rights. N.d. Photograph. Washtenaw Community College, n.p.
