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The Progressive Era
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The Progressive Era
https://www.history.com/news/gilded-age-progressive-era-reforms
So, the early 1900s saw a great deal of
REFORM!!!!
- Most reform movements began in bigger cities
- Political reformers attempted to create government that represented ALL people
- Improving working conditions (especially for women and children) was a priority for Progressives
- Election reform gave more power to citizens
Settlement Houses
- Jane Addams and Hull House
- The Illinois Factory Act made it illegal to employ children under the age of 14.
Charitable Organizations
Labor Unions
aided the less-fortunate
Workers joined together to strengthen their position relative to management.
Labor Strike
Collective Bargaining
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The Haymarket Riot
- the YMCA
- the Salvation Army
The Pullman Strike
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/haymarket-riot
Progressivism was a response to the social and economic problems caused by industrialization.
4. Fostering Efficiency
1. Social Welfare
Protecting citizens through government regulation
(and health and safety)
The movement had four primary goals:
- Meat Inspection Act of (1906)
- Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
Urbanization had made life difficult for many people. The average laborer was relatively poor.
- Frederick Winslow Taylor and
"scientific management"
- the assembly line
- Henry Ford's business strategies
The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union
2. Promoting
Morality
- led by Frances Willard
- pushed for prohibition
- built kindergartens for immigrants
- promoted women's suffrage
3. Economic Reform
- The fight against monopolies/"Robber Barons"
- Eugene Debs and the American Socialist Party
- "Muckrakers" exposed corruption in business.
- The movement was led primarily by women.
- Temperance/Prohibition was the primary focus.
(Find out what the difference is!)
The Anti-Saloon League
- Carry Nation and her axe
- "Demon Rum"
- "dry" towns and cities
Andrew Carnegie
Tell me about each man. What business(es) did he own? What were his business practices/beliefs about business?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J.P. Morgan