PROGRESSIVISM – movement aimed to reform society, economy, gov’t and labor
- early 1900s
Conditions that Led to Progressivism:
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Unsafe working conditions
Large Corporations dominated society (corrupt)
Gov’t was corrupt (political machines)
poor living conditions
poverty
child labor
moral decline (drinking)
Panic of 1893
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Natural disasters destroyed towns
unemployment
long work hours
election fraud
unresponsive U.S. Senators
women workers unable to vote
low wages
Goals of Progressivism:
1. Protect Social Welfare
2. Promote Moral Improvement
3. Create Economic Reform
4. Foster Efficiency
Progressive Period Achievements:
1. Prohibitionists – gained passage of 18th Amendment (outlawed alcohol)
2. Women – gained shorter workday and better working conditions; expanded roles in public (more jobs available); gained
passage of 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage)
3. Children – gained minimum age requirements for work, shorter workdays, and safer working conditions
4. Reform Mayors/Governors – set up more efficient governments; helped protect workers and children
5. Muckrakers – exposed corruption of Big Business, horrible working conditions in factories, poor living conditions of tenements
and slums
6. Social Reformers – formed YMCA and Salvation Army to help poor people
7. National Child Labor Committee – gained passage of Keating-Owen Act
PROGRESSIVISM – movement aimed to reform society, economy, gov’t and labor
- early 1900s
Conditions that Led to Progressivism:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Unsafe working conditions
Large Corporations dominated society (corrupt)
Gov’t was corrupt (political machines)
poor living conditions
poverty
child labor
moral decline (drinking)
Panic of 1893
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Natural disasters destroyed towns
unemployment
long work hours
election fraud
unresponsive U.S. Senators
women workers unable to vote
low wages
Goals of Progressivism:
1. Protect Social Welfare
2. Promote Moral Improvement
3. Create Economic Reform
4. Foster Efficiency
Progressive Period Achievements:
1. Prohibitionists – gained passage of 18th Amendment (outlawed alcohol)
2. Women – gained shorter workday and better working conditions; expanded roles in public (more jobs available); gained
passage of 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage)
3. Children – gained minimum age requirements for work, shorter workdays, and safer working conditions
4. Reform Mayors/Governors – set up more efficient governments; helped protect workers and children
5. Muckrakers – exposed corruption of Big Business, horrible working conditions in factories, poor living conditions of tenements
and slums
6. Social Reformers – formed YMCA and Salvation Army to help poor people
7. National Child Labor Committee – gained passage of Keating-Owen Act