9th Grade U.S. History                Name_______________________Date _____ HR____11.1 Notes Progressives Drive Reform/HARMS

America Comes of AgeLearning TargetWe are learning to understand how progressives pushed for reform (change).Michigan State Standards6.1: Growth of industrial and urban America.6.2: Progressivism and reform.

Success Criteria1. I can identify the causes of Progressivism and compare it to Populism.2. I can analyze the role that journalists and novelists played in the Progressive

Movement.3. I can evaluate some of the social reforms that Progressives tackled.4. I can explain what Progressives hoped to achieve through political reforms.

Key TermsProgressivism

muckraker

Lincoln Steffens

Jacob Riis

Social Gospel

settlement house

Jane Addams

direct primary

initiative

referendum

recall

Upton Sinclair

17th Amendment

A. PROGRESSIVE ERA BEGINSProgressive Goals:

___________ reform Women’s right to ____________ __________ government Better government ______________ (food, water, housing)

Big business/economic problems

B. THE IMPACT OF MUCKRAKERSJournalists and writers published _________________________________________________ in society.

**Highlight the names of muckrakers on your list of key terms.

C. REFORMERS IMPACT SOCIETYActivists promoted ________to ___________________________, _________________ and ______________.

Specific event that impacted the reform movement: ________________________________________________

D. PROGRESSIVE REFORMS IMPACT GOVERNMENT

REVIEW QUESTIONS:1. What common belief did all Progressives have?2. Why did Theodore Roosevelt call socially conscious writers “muckrakers”?3. What was the purpose of a settlement house?4. What was the impact of the Galveston Plan?