US History Guided Notes 13-1
The Rise of Progressivism
What is Progressivism and when did it occur in America?
Who did Progressives feel should solve the problem with society?
What had caused these problems?
What did Progressives feel needed to be fixed first?
What principles would be used to solve society’s problems?
Who were the Muckrakers?
How were they influential in creating change?
Who is Jacob Riis?
What did his work focus on?
Making Government Efficient
Why did Progressives struggle with how to solve problems?
Why did a large group of Progressives feel that cities were not efficient?
What is the Commission Plan and how would it solve the problems?
Who tried it first?
Democracy and Progressivism
Who is Robert La Follette and how did he revolutionize how candidates are chosen to run in
general elections?
How did reforms force states to be more responsive to the voters?
What is an Initiative?
What is a Referendum?
What is a Recall?
How did the Progressives stop corruption in the Senate?
What is the 17th Amendment?
The Suffrage Movement
What is Suffrage?
Who benefited from the Suffrage Movement?
Who organized the first women’s rights convention and when was it?
Who did Suffragists want included in the 14th and 15th Amendments?
What were the two strategies to gain women’s suffrage?
What did this split do to the power of the movement?
Why did western states grant women’s suffrage?
What is the NAWSA?
Who was the leader and what was her background?
What was here strategy to get Pres. Wilson to back suffrage?
What is the National Women’s Party?
What strategies did they use?
What was the outcome of the suffrage movement?
Social Welfare Progressivism
What problems did social welfare progressives focus on?
Why did the National Child labor Committee work to end child labor?
What working conditions did social welfare progressives target?
What are zoning laws?
How would they help?
What is Temperance?
What is the WCTU?
What was its original purpose? Why did it change?
What is Prohibition?
Progressives Versus Big Business
What were the two versions on how to regulate big business?
What is Socialism and why was it popular with some progressives?
How does this lead to the rise of Eugene Debs?
Why was Socialism not accepted by most Americans?