Progressive Movement

America’s Response to

Industrialization

The Century: America’s Time

Seeds of Change: 2 of 3Start @ 1:47 - Stop at 8:20

- Steel Mills

- Child Labor

-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

- Progressive Movement

- Women’s Suffrage

Progressive…What does it mean?

• What is the root word in Progressive?

• Progress: “Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization”

• Does Progress have a prefix?

Pro = Positive

What groups in America needed help?

Immigrants

Child Laborers

Factory Workers

Women

K. Negative Effects of

Industrialization:

Child

Labor

Long Work

Hours & Low

Wages

Unsafe

Working

Conditions

Child Labor”Children were useful as laborers because their size allowed them

to move in small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn't

fit, children were easier to manage and control and perhaps most

importantly, children could be paid less than adults. Child laborers

often worked to help support their families, but were forced to

forgo an education.” - History

Channel

Video: History Channel

“The Fight to End Child Labor”

Unsafe Working Conditions

-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, New York

Introduction to Labor Unions:

Click on TV for

Intro Video

How did workers gain power to

change their working conditions?

1. Formation of Labor Unions– Growth of the American

Federation of Labor (AFL)

– “ …the AFL focused on securing

for its members higher wages,

better working conditions, and a

shorter work week.”

L.

The History of

Labor Day

How did workers gain power to

change their working conditions?

2. Strikes– The Homestead Strike

http://www.history.com/topics/homestead-strike/videos#homestead-strike

L.

Labor Unions

& Strikes:

M. Progressive Movement Reforms

Improved Safety

Conditions in the

workplace

Reduced

Work Hours

Placed

Restrictions

on Child

Labor

Progressive

REFORMS

How Women’s Roles Began to

Change During the late 1800’s:

Responsibilities at home lessened as families

became smaller, children spent time at school,

and men worked away from home.

Labor saving products also made doing housework

easier.

Washing Machine

Electric Stoves

Water Pumps

How Women’s Roles Began to

Change During the late 1800’s:

More middle class women were becoming better

educated

Women were starting careers…though mostly

limited to:

Teaching

Nursing

Between 1890 and 1910, the number of women

working outside the home increased from 4 million

to 7.5 million!

But even though life was improving, life

in America was still tough for women…

The main role for most women was to take care of

the home…

domesticity = home life or the devotion to it

Women could not have custody of their children

They could not own property

Fathers, husbands, brothers, and even sons were

in charge of making decisions for most women

No Vote… so, no ability to change anything

Women’s Suffrage Movement:

Some groups thought

giving women more

rights would upset

society’s “natural

balance” and would lead

to divorce and neglected

children.

Women’s Suffrage Movement:

Caption: “What, Dinner Not Ready Yet! What Have You Been Doing?”

Women’s

Suffrage Movement:

Between 1910-1913, five

states gave women the right

to vote:

Utah

Idaho

Washington (state)

California

Michigan

Kansas

Oregon

Arizona

Suffragists protested,

marched, led hunger strikes,

and more to demand the right

to vote!

N. Women’s Suffrage – NOTES

1. Increased Educational Opportunities for Women

2. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were key

leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

3. Attained Voting Rights: Women gained the right to vote

with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution

of the United States of America.

N. Women’s Suffrage

Women’s suffrage

parade down Fifth

Avenue in NYC

Elizabeth Cady

Stanton

Susan B.

Anthony

More Progressive Changes…

Anti-Alcohol Movement

Progressive reformers wanted to ban

alcohol for social reasons; others

wanted to ban it for religious or moral

reasons

O. Temperance Movement - NOTES

1. The Temperance Movement was

composed of groups who wanted to

outlaw the making and consuming of

ALCOHOL.

Supported the 18thAmendment which

prohibited the manufacture, sale, or

transport

of alcoholic beverages

O. Temperance Movement

2. The Temperance Movement supported the 18th

Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and

transport of alcoholic beverages.

History Channel:

18th & 21st Amendments

What happened AFTER the 18th

Amendment was passed?

Wait for the

PROHIBITION

Presentation to

find out…