THE PROGRESSIVES
IF YOU MISSED THIS CLASS, YOU NEED TO:
1) DO THE DQ FOR THE DAY. WRITE THE DAILY QUOTE AND
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ANSWER THE QUESTION
FOR THE DAY.
2) YOU ARE TO COPY THE NOTES (I GET MY COPY BACK).
3) READ THE THREE STORIES AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
FOR THE CHILD’S STORY YOU WERE ASSIGNED AND THE FOUR
GENERAL QUESTIONS
4) READ THE EXCERPT FROM THE JUNGLE
5) DO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE REVIEW
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Daily Quote &Question (DQ )
“Courtesy is as much a mark of a
gentleman as courage.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
SONG FOR THE DAY: 1.
Welcome to the Jungle
HOW DID THE UNIONS DEVELOPED DURING
THE GILDED AGE BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH
VIOLENCE?
Daily Comment & Card
1890-1914
PROGRESSIVISM
“Courtesy
is as much
a mark of
a
gentleman
as
courage.”
-Theodore
Roosevelt
-Social, political and economic
reform that came as a response
to the problems caused by
industrialization, urbanization and
immigration
-Democratic reforms were made
throughout states and the national
government
-Reforms led to the 16th, 17th and
19th Amendments
SONG FOR THE DAY: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
Daily Comment & Card
1900-1912
MUCKRAKERS
“Courtesy
is as much
a mark of
a
gentleman
as
courage.”
-Theodore
Roosevelt
-American journalists, novelists
and critics who exposed corruption,
especially in business and politics.
-President Teddy Roosevelt is said
to have given them the name
-Includes Upton Sinclair, Ida
Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Frank
Norris and Samuel Hopkins Adams
-Led to increased support for the
progressive movement.
SONG FOR THE DAY: THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
Daily Comment & Card
1890-1914
PROGRESSIVISM
1900-1912
MUCKRAKERS
“Courtesy
is as much
a mark of
a
gentleman
as
courage.”
-Theodore
Roosevelt
-Social, political and economic
reform that came as a response
to the problems caused by
industrialization, urbanization and
immigration
-Democratic reforms were made
throughout states and the national
government
-Reforms led to the 16th, 17th and
19th Amendments
-American journalists, novelists
and critics who exposed corruption,
especially in business and politics.
-President Teddy Roosevelt is said
to have given them the name
-Includes Upton Sinclair, Ida
Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Frank
Norris and Samuel Hopkins Adams
-Led to increased support for the
progressive movement.
SONG FOR THE DAY: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
-Explain the importance of the Progressive
Movement.
-Evaluate the goals and the accomplishments
of the movement.
-Identify the leaders within the Progressive
movement.
A. DEFINITION
B. BEGINNING
C. SOCIAL ISSUES
D. ECONOMIC ISSUES
E. STATE & LOCAL CHANGES
THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
-GROWING PRESSURE FOR CHANGE
-BASICALLY A “CLEAN UP” CAMPAIGN
(NOT JUST OF OUR NATION & STATES, BUT “OUR HEMISPHERE”)
-ATTEMPT TO RETURN GOV’T “TO THE PEOPLE”
MAY HAVE BEEN A
REACTION TO THE
BOSS SYSTEM…
PROGRESSIVES WERE ALMOST COMPLETELY
OPPOSITE FROM OUR PURITAN HERITAGE…
-OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HUMAN NATURE
-BELIEVE IN POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS
-WANT TO SOLVE SOCIETAL PROBLEMS
PROGRESSIVES WERE WILLING TO LET THE
GOVERNMENT INTERFERE IN PEOPLES LIVES IN
ORDER TO HELP PUBLIC GOOD
(PUSH FOR REFORM).
A MIDDLE CLASS MOVEMENT OF PROPSPEROUS
FARMERS, BUSINESSMEN & PROFESSIONALS,
THEY BELIEVED IN PROGRESS. SOME OF IT WAS
AIMED AT REDUCING POWER OF “ROBBER
BARONS.”
THE MOVEMENT ENTERED OUR POLITICS
-MOVE FROM “CONQUER AND PREACH”
-EXAMPLES:
GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY
OPEN DOOR POLICY
UNFORTUNATELY, WE BECAME
SO INVOLVED IN OURSELVES
AND ISOLATED, THAT WE
DIDN’T SEE THE PROBLEMS IN
EUROPE…
WE DIDN’T SEE WORLD WAR I COMING…
BEGINNING OF THE MOVEMENT…
-PRESIDENCY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT (42)
LEON CZOLGOSZ SHOT MCKINLEY
-”MUCKRAKERS” ARE CRUSADING JOURNALISTS
-MCCLURE’S MAGAZINE (LINCOLN STEFFENS)
STEFFENS= THE SHAME OF THE CITIES
IDA TARBELL= HISTORY OF STANDARD OIL
NOVELISTS:
FRANK NORRIS= THE OCTOPUS
THEODORE DREISER= THE FINANCIER & THE TITAN
JACK LONDON= THE IRON HEEL
THE MOST FAMOUS WRITER WAS UPTON SINCLAIR …
HE WROTE THE JUNGLE
HE ACTUALLY LIVED WITH PEOPLE IN THE MEAT
PACKING INDUSTRY TO WRITE THIS BOOK…
WHICH MADE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT “LOSE HIS
BREAKFAST “ WHEN HE READ IT…
…AND LED TO THE PURE
FOOD & DRUG ACT AND THE MEAT INSPECTION ACT…
SOCIAL ISSUES…
-CHILD LABOR
-WOMEN’S WORK LAWS
-MIN WAGE/MAX WORK HOURS
-WORKER’S COMPENSATION
-WOMEN’S RIGHTS
AND THE BIG ONES…
PROHIBITION--ALCOHOL
…REGARDED AS A MAJOR
PROBLEM THAT DESTROYED FAMILY LIFE,
PROMOTED DISEASE, AND LED TO
UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY…
LED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE 18TH AMENDMENT
PLACING A COMPLETE BAN ON THE PRODUCTION,
SALE, AND TRANSPORT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
(1919). ENFORCED BY THE VOLSTEAD ACT.
Women led the movement with groups
such as the WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION and the ANTISALOON LEAGUE.
One of the most famous female
prohibitionists was CARRIE NATION.
Wielding an axe at
six feet tall and 180
pound, she was a
formidable force!
FRANCES WILLARD was the
founder of the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union. She
urged women to work on the local
level to achieve the vote. She Worked for: equal pay, 8 hour
also convinced many to work for day, protection of women &
children in workplace, jail
the vote to influence the moral reform uniform marriage &
divorce laws, —also started
character of America.
shelters and free
kindergartens
WOMENS’ SUFFERAGE
LED BY SUSAN B. ANTHONY
& ELIZABETH CADY
STANTON…LED TO PASSAGE
OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT.
Carrie Chapman Catt
and Anna Howard
Shaw started the
National American
Womens Sufferage
Movement which
had 2 million
members by 1917.
THE MOVEMENT WAS CONTINUED WITH THE
FIGHT FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (ERA)
BEGUN BY ALICE PAUL…
MUELLER V. OREGON?
SOME PROGRESSIVES WENT A LITTLE EXTREME
IN THEIR APPROACH TO REFORMING
ECONOMICS. THEY WANTED TO REDO THE
ECONOMY AND ELEMINATE CAPITALISM…
SOME BECAME SOCIALISTS
(EUGENE V. DEBS
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1900)
(Remember the IWW?)
STATE REFORMERS:
ROBERT LAFOLLETTE (WI), CHARLES
EVANS HUGHES (NY), HIRAM JOHNSON (CA)
CITY REFORM:
COMMISSIONS (GALVESTON TX)
CITY MANAGERS
VOTING REFORMS: SECRET BALLOT
DIRECT PRIMARIES
DIRECT ELECTION SENATORS
INITIATIVE
(VOTERS COMPEL LEGISLATURE TO
CONSIDER A BILL)
REFERENDUM (CITIZENS
RECALL
VOTE WITH BALLOT)
(REMOVE POLITICIAN BEFORE TERM ENDS)