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Origins of Progressivism

Origins of Progressivism. By: Harrison Noll Patrick Hernandez. their Focus. They rejected social Darwinism Issues could be resolved though education and good workplace and a safe environment

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Origins of Progressivism

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  1. Origins of Progressivism By: Harrison Noll Patrick Hernandez

  2. their Focus • They rejected social Darwinism • Issues could be resolved though education and good workplace and a safe environment • They focused on exposing the evils of the government, making fear of immigrants, and to make Americans rethink democracy • Wanted Americans to see how the work place looks like

  3. Key people • Jacob Riis: a muckraker who took pictures to show life in urban slums(top left) • Lincoln Steffens: A leading muckraker and was a magazine editor.(Lower right) • Jane Addams: Co-founder of the first settlement in Chicago called Hull House in 1889 president of Women Independence League for Peace • Muckrakers: People that wrote or took pictures about the need to reform • Upton Sinclair: wrote the book “The Jungle,” and described the despair of immigrants working in Chicago's stockyards (upper right) • (http://www.gwu.edu)

  4. Their Origins • The Progressive Era (1980 – 1920) • Progressivism: is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. • Progressivism really started gaining a strong hold when a follower named Theodore Roosevelt took office in the white house. • Progressivism ended after world war 1 when the horrors of the war exposed the cruelty of many Americans associated with President Woodrow Wilson (http://www.gwu.edu)

  5. Peoples perspectives • Eleanor Roosevelt and many others the early 20th century America was the training ground for transformation • Middle class reformers attempted to restore democracy by limiting big business, “Americanizing” the immigrants • The immigrant problem was handled by educated women who didn’t put up with any new ideas and only wanted suffrage and equal rights for themselves

  6. What people risked • Many people contributed to help with reform during this time many of them risked their lives • But without these reforms the United states Government would not be the strong powerful government we have today • Women gained the right to vote and child labor was banned

  7. Focus Question • What were the main reasons the Progressive followers wanted reform and change for America?

  8. Work cited • "The Progressive Era (1890 - 1920)." The George Washington University. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. <http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/progressive-era.cfm>. • immigrants, helping the, and however. " The Progressive Movement (1900-1918) . Eleanor Roosevelt . WGBH American Experience | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Oct. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/eleanor-progressive/>

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