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Early Progressive Reformers

Early Progressive Reformers. Section 5.2. Today’s Agenda. Current Events 5.2 Slide Show Presentations Walter Rauschenbusch Florence Kelly Mother Jones Homework Quiz on Progressivism this Friday 50 Points. At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:. Identify

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Early Progressive Reformers

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  1. Early Progressive Reformers Section 5.2

  2. Today’s Agenda • Current Events • 5.2 Slide Show • Presentations • Walter Rauschenbusch • Florence Kelly • Mother Jones • Homework • Quiz on Progressivism this Friday • 50 Points

  3. At the end of this lesson, you should be able to: • Identify • Walter Raschenbush and the Social Gospel • Florence Kelley • Mother Jones • Ida Tarbell • Define muckraker

  4. Review Progressivism • How is reform different from revolution? • What is progressivism? • What was their philosophy? • Who was George Washington Plunkitt? • How did immigration change after 1890? • What problems did immigrants face?

  5. Birth of Progressivism

  6. How did Riis and Hine inform the public about the ills of the Industrial Revolution?

  7. Who were the muckrakers? • Investigative reporters who wanted to expose the ‘dirt’ of the Industrial Revolution • Used careful research, vivid writing, moral outrage • McClure's, Collier’s, Cosmopolitan • Attacked big business, corrupt political machines, even Churches that ran filthy tenements

  8. Who was Ida Tarbell? • Muckraker who exposed the ruthless business practices of Standard Oil • Interviewed the director of S.O. for 2 years • 19 part series ran in McClure’s magazine • Led to breakup of Standard Oil as a trust in 1911

  9. Muckrakers

  10. What was the social gospel movement? • Religious movement which called on Christians to help the poor to overcome social problems • Be Christian by doing not just by praying • Walter Rauschenbusch • Hell’s Kitchen • Society, not man, is depraved • Competition of laissez-faire economics turns nice people into animals

  11. Who was Florence Kelley? • Progressive activist concerned with child labor • “Why are seals, bears, reindeer, fish , wild game …all suitable for federal protection, but not children?” • Secretary of National Consumers League • Identified products made by child labor or by workers in unsanitary conditions

  12. Who was Mother Jones? • Mary Harris • radical progressive miners and children • Founder of the UMWA, Arnot, PA • Took textile mill job to check conditions • Children’s Crusade – 1903 • 300 children march 125-mile journey from Philadelphia to NYC • Detoured to Roosevelt’s Summer House • Made public speeches- Raised Awareness • Roosevelt refused to meet them • Public awareness, increased media coverage • "I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.“

  13. What controversial issues do you think need to be muckraked?

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