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The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era. Progressivism arose out of a need for new ideas and honest government which would bring about social justice. Movement focused on helping the poor. Muckrakers were writers who wrote sensational investigative reports detailing the ills of society .

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The Progressive Era

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  1. The Progressive Era

  2. Progressivism arose out of a need for new ideas and honest government which would bring about social justice. • Movement focused on helping the poor. • Muckrakers were writers who wrote sensational investigative reports detailing the ills of society. • Ida Tarbell- Female muckraker who took on Standard Oil The Drive for Reform

  3. Book written by Upton Sinclair. Related the despair of immigrants working in the Chicago stockyards. Revealed the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry. The Jungle

  4. Due to the attention drawn on the meat industry by the book, President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act. Required federal inspection of the meat industry. The Pure Food and Drug Act placed the same controls on other foods and on medicines. The Jungle Cont.

  5. Progressive activists promoted laws to improve living conditions, public health, and schools. Many felt Christianity should be the basis for reform. Settlement houses were est. to give aid to the poor. U.S. Children’s Bureau (1912) created to deal with the challenges faced by children. Industrial work reform also created. In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) created. In 1913, the Anti-Defamation League created to defend Jews. Progressives Reform Society

  6. Roosevelt and civil rights Roosevelt does not support civil rights for African Americans •Supports individual African Americans in civil service - invites Booker T. Washington to White House •NAACP—National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- goal is full equality among races •Founded 1909 by W. E. B. Du Bois and black, white reformers

  7. • Initiative—bill proposed by people, not lawmakers, put on ballots • Referendum—voters, not legislature, decide if initiative becomes law • Recall—voters remove elected official through early election • Primaries allow voters, not party machines, to choose candidates Direct Election of Senators • Seventeenth Amendment permits popular election of senators Reforming Elections

  8. Women’s movement Women and Reform •Women reformers target workplace, housing, education, food, drugs •National Association of Colored Women (NACW)—child care, education •Jane Addams starts Hull House to provide social and educational opportunities to working class(history classes,clubs for kids, free concerts) •Susan B. Anthonyof National American Woman Suffrage Assoc. (NAWSA) - works for woman suffrage, or right to vote (will be earned in 1920)

  9. Jane Addams

  10. Became Pres. in 1901 at the age of 43, when McKinley is assassinated. CreatesThe Square Deal-His plan to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor. Wanted to break up monopolies (trusts) Roosevelt’s Square Deal Video link

  11. Roosevelt and conservation • Conservation and Natural Resources • 1887, U.S. Forest Bureau established, manages 45 million acres • Private interests exploit natural environment • Conservation Measures • Roosevelt sets aside forest reserves, sanctuaries, national parks • Believes conservation part preservation, part development for public

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