Legacy of the Progressive Era

1. Diamond Farmer & Riana Garcia Period 2 10/9/13 Legacy of the Progressive Era

2. Began as a social movement and grew into a political movement • The early progressives rejected Social Darwinism. • Social reformers, like Jane Addams, and journalists, like Jacob Riis and Ida Tarbel, were powerful voices for progressivism Start of the progressive movement

3. Segregation in the south • Women's suffrage • Corruption in business(big business and monopolies) • Poverty • Child labor (http://teacherpags.nhcs.net) What progressives wanted to reform

4. At a local level: • Expand high schools • Replace corrupt urban political machines • At a state level: • Enacted minimum wage laws for women workers • Restricted child labor How they reformed

5. Muckrakers are journalists who wrote in-depth, investigative stories that exposed the problems of urban society Jacob Riis Henry Demarest Lloyd Muckrakers

6. Jacob Riis: • How the other Half Lives(1890) • One of the first photo journalists • Exposed the difficulties of tenement life • Henry Demarest Lloyd • Attacked the business practices of the standard oil company and the railroads • Exposed corruption ad greed in the standard oil monopoly (http://teacherpages.nhcs.net) People who helped

7. The Federal Reserve Act (1913) • Direct Primary Elections • The Meat Inspection Act • 17th Amendment – Direct Elections Of Senators • The Break Up Of Monopolies (www.besthistorysites.net) Pros

8. Labor concerns • Child labor • Low wages • Dangerous working conditions (www.besthistoysites.net) Cons

9. The break up of monopolies • The Federal Reserve Act(1913) Examples of pros

10. Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911) • Child Labor Examples of cons

11. Yes, because it helped expand the federal government enlarge its power and changed their mandates. (www.besthistorysites.net) Was Government Growth A Good Thing?

12. What was the long-term of the progressive era on the American life? Focus Question