The Progressive Era

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The Progressive Era

• Chapter 17

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What is the Definition of Progressivism?
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Progressivism

• The movement to bring about PROGRESS to Society.
• To have an honest and efficient Government
• New ideas to bring social justice!

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What are the origins of the movement?

• Mostly middle class, dissatisfied industrial
  workers.
• All believed that industrialization and
  urbanization created problems that needed
  reformed!

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What were the three main areas the Progressives
targeted?

• Political Reforms corrupt Government
• Poor city conditions help with sanitation and
  slums
• Big Business Bust the trusts!!!
• Want to reduce the growing gap between the rich
  and poor!

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Who were the Muckrakers and what did they hope
to do?

• Socially conscious journalists who
  sensationalized reports .
• People exposed to the corruptions!!

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Lincoln Steffens

• Shame of the Cities!
• Political corruption in Philadelphia
• Bribes with elections

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Ida Tarbell

• Exposed corruptions in Monopolies
• Specifically John Rockefellers Standard Oil
  Trust
• (The History of Standard Oil)

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Jacob Riis
How the Other Half Lives! - Reveals the
crowded, unsafe, rat infested tenements where the
urban poor lived!
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Upton Sinclair

• The Jungle
• Immigrant working in Chicagos stockyards (sell
  the meat)
• Exposes the conditions of the meat packing
  industry

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Progressives Reform Society
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• Religious motives to follow the Bibles
  teachings
• The kingdom of God here on earth!

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Settlement House Movement

• A community center that provides social services
  to the poor.
• Actually in a poor neighborhood, can protect the
  poor in the cites!
• Jane Addams and the Hull House

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Education

• Florence Kelly
• Ban child labor
• Pass state laws of required education until a
  certain age
• IMPROVES EDUCATION!!!

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Industrial Workers

• Improve conditions ad hours worked
• compensation laws
• fire escapes (triangle shirtwaist factory fire)

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Reforming Government

• Election rules Giving citizens more power
• Direct Primary Citizens vote for election
  nominees
• Initiative Gives people the power to put a
  new/proposed law on the ballot by way of petition
  
• Referendum approve of reject laws passed by the
  legislature
• Recall remove public officials from office
  before their term ends.

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What is the definition of Progressivism?

• A. The movement to bring about PROGRESS to
  Society.
• B. To have an honest and efficient Government
• C. New ideas to bring social justice!
• D. All the above
• E. Only A and B

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What are the origins of Progressivism?

• A. Progressives were mostly middle class,
  dissatisfied industrial workers.
• B. Progressives believed that industrialization
  and urbanization created problems that needed
  reformed!
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of the above

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS not ONE OF THE three
main areas the Progressives targeted?

1. POLITICAL REFORMS
2. RELIGIOUS REFORM
3. BIG BUSINESS
4. POOR CITY CONDITIONS

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Who were the Muckrakers?

• PEOPLE WHO IMMIGRATED FROM EASTERN EUROPE TO
  AMERICA.
• Socially conscious journalists who
  sensationalized reports.
• People who exposed
• corruptions.
• D. BOTH A AND B
• E. BOTH B AND C
• F. None of the above

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TRUE (A) OR FALSE(B)

• HORACE MANN WAS THE LEADER OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM
  IN THE EARLY 1900S.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

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WHICH MUCKRAKER IS THIS?

1. JACOB RIIS
2. UPTON SINCLAIR
3. LINCOLN STEFFENS
4. COACH FOX

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WHICH PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IS BEING DESCRIBED?

• A community center that provides social services
  to the poor.

1. SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT
2. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS MOVEMENT
3. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM MOVEMENT
4. SETLLEMENT HOUSE MOVEMENT

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