Part 2
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
1900–1920
Ch. 28-29
KEY CONCEPTS
• The progressive movement was one major phase of liberalism in the twentieth century.
• Addressing the urban political machines and political bosses of the late nineteenth century.
• Grassroots and government reformers attempted to address the abuses and deficiencies in American life
at the local, state, and federal levels.
• Important reforms were enacted by Congress to address abuses in business, the economy, and the
environment.
• Women and African Americans organized to improve their condition and status, but despite major
economic and political reforms, they continued to experience hard times.
The Socialist Challenge
• The Socialists Party of
the United States (1901)
– Eugene Debs and V.L. Berger
– Policies and programs
– Progressives and Socialists
cooperate
– Socialist ideas take hold
• IWW “Wobblies” (1905)
– radical
Black Americans and the Progressive Movement
• African-Americans
leaders emerge
– Booker T. Washington
• Argued
• Tuskegee Institute
• advocated
– W.E.B. Du Bois
• Views
• The Souls of Black Folk
(1903)
• “talented tenth”
• NAACP
– Marcus Garvey
• UNIA
• “back-to-Africa” – Black
Star Line
Left-Side
“Progressive Parts”
1. Using Ch. 28, break down the various component parts
among progressive reforms.
2. Divide your paper into 4 parts: Political Progressivism,
Economic/Industrial Progressivism, Consumer
Progressivism, and Environmental Progressivism.
3. Put each of the following progressive acts, policies, or court
cases into one of the those categories and provide purpose
for each reform.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
The Newlands Act of 1902
The movement for women’s suffrage
Direct election of senators
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906
The Hepburn Act of 1906
Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
The ten-hour law for bakers
The anthracite coal strike of 1902
Initiative, referendum, and recall
Muller v. Oregon
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Workmen’s Compensation laws
Left-Side
“Progressive Parts”
Political Progressivism
Economic/Industrial Progressivism
• identify reform and state purpose
Consumer Progressivism
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
The Newlands Act of 1902
The movement for women’s suffrage
Direct election of senators
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906
The Hepburn Act of 1906
Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks
Environmental Progressivism
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
The ten-hour law for bakers
The Anthracite coal strike of 1902
Initiative, referendum, and recall
Muller v. Oregon
The Pure Food and Drug Act
Workmen’s Compensation laws