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The Progressive (reform) Era
The Progressive Era
• What? A movement by people to correct the problems brought on by immigration & Industrialization.
• When? 1890-1920
• Where? U.S. Cities (NYC, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh,…)
• Why? Immigration and Industrialization created problems in America around 1900
What are the qualities Progressive thinkers possessed?
Eugene Debs
• Fought for workers rights
• Leader of the URW (United Railway Workers)
• Ran for President
Mother Jones
• Fought for the rights of coal miners
• Tried to stop the use of child labor
Muckrakers?
• Muckrakers- People that exposed corruption/problems in America “Raking Muck” (1890-1920)
• Middle class, educated, socialists
• Muckrakers were Authors, Artists, Cartoonists and Journalists
Ida Tarbell
• Exposed “The History of Standard Oil”
• Result: Railroads, oil, coal monopolies broken
Lewis Hine
• Exposed Child Labor
• Result: Child Labor Laws (14yrs & under), Workers compensation
Upton Sinclair
• Exposed Child Labor
• Result: Child Labor Laws (14yrs & under), Workers compensation
Jacob Riis
• Exposed urban poverty
• Result: Building codes, social welfare programs
Thomas Nast
5 Progressive Era Problems
UPRIME
OODF
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URSTTS
LIPOSS
MTSESY
OLHALCO
ABESU
SONWEM
GARFEUSF
5 More Progressive Problems
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noitagerges
Famous Philanthropists
• Gates - 28 Billion• Dell - 14 Billion• Bloomberg - 5 Billion• Schwab - 2.8 Billion• Oprah - 1.3 Billion• Monaghan - (Domino’s)
500 million
Helpful Google Links
• LaFollette- 1st Link• Addams- 1st Link• DuBois- 3rd Link• Hine- 2nd Link• Tarbell- 3rd Link• Nast- 4th Link• Washington- 1st Link• Riis- 1st Link• Nation- 1st Link• Sinclair- 1st Link
Women’s Suffrage
Suffrage Timeline
• 15th Amendment gives suffrage to blacks
• Citizens 18+ years offered suffrage
• Pres. Jackson extends suffrage to all white men 21+
• Women gain full suffrage (19th Amendment)
• Property owning White men 21+ given suffrage
• Seneca Falls Convention for women’s suffrage
• Wyoming offers women suffrage
• NWSA (Nat. Women’s Suffrage Association) formed
• Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting
Years of Suffrage
• Finland 1906• Norway 1913• Canada 1917• England 1928• France 1945• Japan 1945• Mexico 1946• Switzerland 1971
L-34 Cartoon Creation
• Cartoon must have:– Characters– Situation/Setting – Message– Examples:
• TR & Bear• Sinclair & Meat• Hines & Child Labor• Anthony & Suffrage• Nast & Tweed• “Trustbusting”• TR & Conservation• TR the “Bull Moose”• Nation & Alcohol
William H. Taft ®
• 1 term 1909-1913• Continued TR’s
“trustbusting” • Slowed conservation
efforts• Taft = Tariff - He
increased the tax on foreign goods
• 1st President to become Supreme Court Justice (Chief Justice)
Woodrow Wilson (D)
• 2 term President 1913-1921
• Signed Women’s suffrage amendment
• Federal Reserve Act- 12 Federal banks that controlled the money supply
• Pacifist- People that do not believe in war
• President during WWI
12 Federal Reserve Banks
Merry Old Santa Clause by Thomas Nast
Document 1
1a. The trusts are large and are drawn as money bags showing their power.
1b. According to the cartoon, trusts & monopolies control the Senate.
Document 2
2a. Tenement life was dirty, crowded, and not ventilated.
2b. Pictures prove what was happening and can be understood by many people.
Document 3
3a. Muir hoped to preserve the lands and forests.
3b. Muir meant that the government could make laws and parks that would save the land
Document 4
4. Lewis Hine is showing child labor.
Document 5
5. The women of Cranford, NJ were concerned with food.
Document 6
6. The Progressive Party wanted direct primaries and the direct election of U.S. Senators.
6b. The Progressive Party wanted to stop child labor, minimum wage, and an 8 hour work day.
Document 7
7a. Jane Addams helped set up a Hull House.
7b. Jane Addams offered education and helped the poor find work.