Early Progressive Reformers

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Early Progressive Reformers

• Section 5.2

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Todays Agenda

• 5.2 Slide Show
• Presentations
• Walter Rauschenbusch
• Florence Kelly
• Mother Jones
• Homework
• Quiz on Progressivism this Friday
• 50 Points

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At the end of this lesson, you should be able to

• Identify
• Walter Raschenbush and the Social Gospel
• Florence Kelley
• Mother Jones
• Ida Tarbell
• Define muckraker

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Review Progressivism

• How is reform different from revolution?
• What is progressivism?
• What problems did America face?
• What were the goals of progressives?
• What was their philosophy?
• Why did people move to the cities?
• What problems came from urbanization?
• Who was George Washington Plunkitt?
• How did immigration change after 1890?
• What problems did immigrants face?

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Birth of Progressivism
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How did Riis and Hine inform the public about the
ills of the Industrial Revolution?
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Who were the muckrakers?

• Investigative reporters who wanted to expose the
  dirt of the Industrial Revolution
• Used careful research, vivid writing, moral
  outrage
• McClure's, Colliers, Cosmopolitan
• Attacked big business, corrupt political
  machines, even Churches that ran filthy tenements

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Who was Ida Tarbell?

• Muckraker who exposed the ruthless business
  practices of Standard Oil
• Interviewed the director (Henry Rogers) of S.O.
  for 2 years
• Dug up documents around US to prove her
  accusations
• 19 part series ran in McClures magazine
• Led to breakup of Standard Oil as a trust in 1911

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Muckrakers
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What was the social gospel movement?

• Religious movement which called on Christians to
  help the poor to overcome social problems
• Be Christian by doing not just by praying
• Walter Rauschenbusch
• Hells Kitchen
• Society, not man, is depraved
• Competition of laissez-faire economics turns nice
  people into animals

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Who was Florence Kelley?

• Progressive activist concerned with child labor
• Why are seals, bears, reindeer, fish , wild game
  all suitable for federal protection, but not
  children?
• Secretary of National Consumers League
• Identified products made by child labor or by
  workers in unsanitary conditions

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Who was Mother Jones?

• Mary Harris
• radical progressive miners and children
• Founder of the UMWA
• Took textile mill job to check conditions
• Childrens Crusade 1903
• 300 children march 125-mile journey from
  Philadelphia to NYC
• Detoured to Roosevelts Summer House
• Made public speeches- Raised Awareness
• Roosevelt refused to meet them
• Public awareness, increased media coverage
• "I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.

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What controversial issues do you think need to be
muckraked?
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