Progressivism
Progressive Movement Defined
• Progressive Movement –
• A movement seeking to return control
of the government to the people
• restore economic opportunities
• and to correct injustices in American
life.
Four Goals of Progressivism
• Protecting social welfare.
• YMCA, Salvation Army, Hull
House.
• Promoting moral
improvement.
• Prohibition of alcohol.
• Creating economic
reform.
• Socialism.
• Fostering efficiency.
• Scientific Management,
assembly lines in factories.
Reform Through Investigative
Journalism - Muckraking
• Reform – The
improvement of
what is wrong.
• Muckraking –
Journalism that
exposed the corrupt
side of business and
the government.
• Muckrakers wrote in
mass circulation
magazines.
Reading Activity
• Read from, The Shame of the Cities by
Lincoln Steffens
• Identify examples of Graft in this article.
• Graft – Illegal or unfair gain originating from
political corruption.
Progressivism in the Arizona Constitution:
Initiative, Referendum and Recall
• Initiative – A bill
initiated by the people
rather than the
legislators.
• Referendum – A vote
on the initiative by the
people.
• Recall – when voters
remove public officials
from elected positions
by forcing them to
have another election
before their term is up.
Russell Pearce: RECALLED!!!
• Russell Pearce
• Former Arizona state
senator.
• Hard line anti-immigration
lawmaker.
• http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=khClqGFRc88
• The Recall
• http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=b9AsHnZpVpA
• http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=GQmufzBvfbA
• http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=pH9IF1LwMs0
• http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=RzxH0nakjW
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Initiative and Referendum
• http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=NsoAD
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