THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
Unit Guide
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Progressivism
Five goals of Progressivism
Frederick W. Taylor
scientific management
muckrakers
a. The Jungle; Upton Sinclair
b. How the Other Half Lives;
Jacob Riis
c. History of Standard Oil; Ida
Tarbell
d. Tweed Days in St. Louis;
Lincoln Steffens
political reform goals
direct primaries
initiative; referendum; recall
social welfare
municipal reform
16th Amendment
Theodore Roosevelt
Square Deal
trust-busting
Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902
Dept. of Commerce and Labor (1903)
Elkins Act (1903)
Hepburn Act (1906)
Pure Food & Drug Act (1906)
Meat Inspection Act (1906)
National Conservation Commission
(1908)
William Howard Taft
Payne – Aldrich Tariff (1909)
Mann-Elkins Act (1910)
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Department of Labor (1912)
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Bull Moose Party
Election of 1912
Woodrow Wilson
“New Freedom”
“Triple Wall of Privilege”
Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Underwood-Simmons Tariff (1913)
16th Amendment (1913)
17th Amendment (1913)
Federal Trade Commission Act (1914)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)
Adamson Act (1916)
Keating-Owen Act (1916)
Workman’s Compensation Act (1916)
18th Amendment (1919)
19th Amendment (1920)
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. DuBois
urban migration
Niagara Movement
NAACP
National Urban League
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
National Association of Colored
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53. National Women’s Party
Essential Questions:
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How did the problems of industrialization lead to the Progressive Movement?
What were the primary goals of the Progressive Movement?
How did the progressive presidents influence government?
What were the political, economic, and social effects of the Progressive Movement?