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Progressive Era:A movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to reform social problems created by Industrialization.Goal: Govt should take a more active role in solving societys problems.

MuckrakersJournalists that wrote about social, economic, and political injusticesArticles printed in popular magazines increased publics awareness of social ills

Progressive ReformsSocial Welfare Housing, child labor, working conditions, ProhibitionGovernment Efficiency Expansion of DemocracyWomens SuffrageBig BusinessFailed in Civil Rights

Reforming HousingCities were unable to provide garbage collection, safe housing, police and fire protectionTenement Act of 1901 passedBuilding codes set minimum standards for light, air, room size, sanitationDeath rate dropped

Campaign Against Child Labor and Working ConditionsNational Child Labor Committee worked to end child laborStates passed minimum age laws and maximum hours lawsPassed compulsory education lawsStates passed maximum work hour laws for womenWorkers compensationMinimum wage

Temperance MovementMany blamed alcohol for crime, poverty, and violence against women and childrenEmployers believed drinking hurt worker efficiency Womens Christian Temperance UnionAdvocated for a ban on liquorJoined by the Anti-Saloon League18th Amendment is passed 1920Prohibits manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol

Carrie Nation

Talk to your neighbor: What were several goals of the Progressive Movement? What were some successes of the Progressive Movement? Making Government More EfficientTypically the mayor chose the heads of city departmentsWent to political supporters and friendsChange to Commission PlanCitys government be divided into several departments, dept headed by experts

Reforming Government: Election ReformsRecall - gave voters the ability to remove public officials from officeInitiative allowed citizens to propose new laws Referendum - allowed voters to overturn legislation already passed at local levelsDirect Primaries - voters could vote for a candidate to run in the general electionSecret Ballot all candidates names on one piece of plain paperSeventeenth Amendment popular vote of senatorsSeneca Falls Convention in 1848Disappointment in 15th AmendmentDifference in StrategyNational Woman Suffrage Association: Constitutional AmendmentAmerican Woman Suffrage Association: State governments legalizeRemain unpopular

The Suffrage Movement

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucy Stone and Julia Ward HoweMovement Builds Support1890 two groups unite to form National American Woman Suffrage Association Gains popularity as women want to vote for reforms they supportUsed a variety of strategies19th Amendment passed

Talk to your neighbor: How was democracy expanded during the Progressive Era? Progressive President: Theodore Roosevelt1901 President McKinley is fatally wounded and his VP Theodore Roosevelt becomes PresidentHis actions in the Coal Strike of 1902 showed the public where he stoodIntervened on behalf of workers to get higher pay and wagesFamous for his Square Deal or the idea that the needs of workers, businesses and consumers should be balanced

TheTrustbusterWe draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.Broke up with Northern Securities Corporation by enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust ActDepartment of Labor and Commerce createdRailroad rates were regulated with the Interstate Commerce Commission

Protecting Consumers Harmful ingredients in food and over the counter productsMeat Inspection ActPure Food and Drug ActNo food or medicine containing harmful substancesAccurate Ingredient labels

ConservationRoosevelt loved the outdoorsHe was alarmed at the rate in which natural resources were being used upBelieved it was the governments role to manage the land and natural resourcesNewlands Reclamation ActCreated the National Forest Service

Talk to your neighbor:Why is Theodore Roosevelt considered a Progressive president? W.E.B. Du Bois and others met at Niagara Falls to demand full political rightsLead to the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Worked to end segregation, lynching, poverty

Progressivism: Many Successes But One Obvious Failure