The Progressive
Movement
What You Need To Know
VUS.8d
The Progressive Movement
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Essential Question:
What were the goals
of the Progressives
and what were their
accomplishments?
Theodore Roosevelt
The Progressive Movement
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Main Idea: The
Progressive
Movement used
government to
reform conditions
created by
industrialization.
Theodore Roosevelt –
“Square Deal”
Woodrow Wilson –
“New Freedom”
Woodrow Wilson
The Progressive Movement
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Working Conditions for Labor
Dangerous working conditions
Child labor
Long hours, low wages, no job security, no
benefits
Company towns (example – Pullman,
Illinois and Homestead, Pennsylvania)
The Progressive Movement
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Goals of Progressive Movement
Government responsive to the people
Guaranteed economic opportunities
through government regulation
Elimination of social injustices
The Progressive Movement
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Progressive
Accomplishments
In local governments
New forms of
government were
sought to meet
address problems of
industrialization/urban
ization
The Progressive Movement
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Progressive
Accomplishments
Commission - corrupt
city councils were
replaced by reforming
commissions
City Manager –
professional city
managers were hired
to run city agencies
Members of the Progressive
Party march down Michigan
Avenue, c. 1912.
The Progressive Movement
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Progressive
Accomplishments
In state
governments
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
The Progressive Movement
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Progressive Accomplishments
In elections
Primary elections
Direct election of U.S. senators (17th
Amendment)
Secret ballot
Prototype of the first secret ballot
box, c. 1870
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Progressive
Accomplishments
In child labor
Muckrakers
described abuses
of child labor
Child labor laws
passed
The Progressive Movement
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Progressive
Accomplishments
The Jungle by
Upton Sinclair
Led to reforms in
the meat packing
industry
The Progressive Movement
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Meat Inspection
Act
Pure Food and
Drug Act
The Progressive Movement
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“We recognize and
are bound to war
against the evils of
today.” – Theodore
Roosevelt