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Progressives

Please get out your Bisbee Deportation questions and be prepared to share your findings with the class! . Progressives. “The fixers”. The promoters of social, political and economic reform in American Society between 1890 and 1920. . Review Video. Review video of the Gilded Age:

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Progressives

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  1. Please get out your Bisbee Deportation questions and be prepared to share your findings with the class!

  2. Progressives “The fixers” The promoters of social, political and economic reform in American Society between 1890 and 1920.

  3. Review Video Review video of the Gilded Age: http://youtu.be/d0bwcppAGFc

  4. AREAS OF REFORM • Social Welfare – Urban Problems/Poverty • Moral reform -Prohibition • Economic reform – Big Business Excess • Excesses of Industry Reforms – Consumer Protection • Women and Children’s Rights • Workers’ Rights – Labor Issues • Civil Rights – Racial Tensions • Political Reform – Political Corruption • Farming Issues • Conservation

  5. Progressives • Middle class, urban, educated men and women (often writers) • Social, political and economic reform • “muckrakers” - “raked up muck” - TR from John Bunyan’s “Pilgrims’ Progress” • Wrote to expose problems - corruption, poverty, air/water pollution, child abuse, poor business practices

  6. Progressive Reformers • Lincoln Steffens - government corruption- “Shame of the Cities” • John Spargo - child poverty “Bitter Cry of the Children” • Ida Tarbell - Rockefeller exposed in McClure’s • Upton Sinclair - meat packing industry “The Jungle” • Robert “Fighting Bob” LaFollette - reform governor of Wisconsin • W.E.B Du Bois – Af.Am Civil Rights

  7. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair “There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of [tuberculosis] germs. There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms;… and thousands of rats would race about on it… A man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them; they would die, then the rats, bread, and meat would go in the hopper together.”

  8. Political Reform • Corrupt bosses, political machines, big business were replaced by the people… • Recalls: removing politicians from office. • Initiatives: citizens having the power to propose laws • Referendums: Citizens striking down laws • Seventeenth Amendment: allowed each state to elect their own senators directly. • before this time state legislatures chose senators - party bosses and wealthy corporations controlled the who was elected.

  9. Reform of Food and Drug Industry Samuel Hopkins Adams • Exposed dangers of mislabeled food/drugs • Made public aware of altered and addictive foods/drugs • 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act -proper labeling of food • 1906 Meat Inspection Act - government inspection of food preparation for public consumption

  10. Teddy Roosevelt • Youngest president ever (42yrs) -1901-1908 • Teddy bear named for him • Promoted progressive reforms “Square Deal” and later “New Nationalism” Trustbusting - but good and bad trusts Conservation - federal reserves Consumer protection - food/meat • Interfered to support labor - Coal Mine Strike (1902)

  11. Woodrow Wilson • Prohibition (18th Amendment) Forbid the manufacture, sale and transport • Women’s Rights (19th Amendment) • Many states already approved since 1890’s • Susan B Anthony – WCTU • Equal rights, suffrage and fair wages

  12. Choosing Priorities • Identify 3 reforms you feel needed the most attention by the government at the turn of the century • Write at least 3 reasons why they should be a priority for the U.S. • Vote for the top 5 issues that must be a priority by our nations leaders.

  13. Progressives “The fixers” The promoters of social, political and economic reform in American Society between 1890 and 1920.

  14. Progressive Questions512-541 • Who were the muckrakers and what did they do? 2. Identify the following people and their contributions to the Progressive Movement: • Lincoln Steffens - • Ida Tarbell- • Upton Sinclair - • W.E.B Du Bois –

  15. Progressive Questions512-541 3. Identify the following political reforms: • Recalls: • Initiatives: • Referendums: • Seventeenth Amendment: 4. Identify the following reforms/reformers to the food industry: • 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act • 1906 Meat Inspection Act

  16. Progressive Questions512-541 5.How did William McKinley respond to Progressives? 6. What was Teddy Roosevelt’s Square Deal? 7. What was “trust busting?” 8. How did Roosevelt deal with the coal miners strike?

  17. Progressive Questions512-541 9. Identify the following: • New Freedom • Prohibition (18th Amendment) • Women’s Rights (19th Amendment) • Susan B Anthony

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