ProgressivismProgressivism

Progressive MovementProgressive Movement

• An early-20th-century reform An early-20th-century reform movement seeking to return control movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.to correct injustices in American life.

Progressive GoalsProgressive Goals

• 1 Protect social welfare1 Protect social welfare• 2 Promote moral improvement2 Promote moral improvement• 3 Create economic reform3 Create economic reform• 4 Foster efficiency4 Foster efficiency

Social WelfareSocial Welfare

• Reform harsh Reform harsh conditions of conditions of industrializationindustrialization– Young Men’s Christian Young Men’s Christian

Association (YMCA)Association (YMCA)– Salvation ArmySalvation Army– Settlement HousesSettlement Houses

• Florence KelleyFlorence Kelley• Jane AddamsJane Addams• Ellen Gates StarrEllen Gates Starr

Jane AddamsJane Addams

• Social & Labor Social & Labor reformerreformer

• Hull House – 1889Hull House – 1889• Helped hundreds of Helped hundreds of

Chicago immigrants Chicago immigrants and others gain self-and others gain self-respect in societyrespect in society

• Nobel Peace Prize in Nobel Peace Prize in 19311931

• Listen for more!Listen for more!

Hull HouseHull House

Promote Moral Promote Moral ImprovementImprovement

• ProhibitionProhibition – banning – banning of alcoholic beveragesof alcoholic beverages– Drinking undermined Drinking undermined

american moralsamerican morals

• Women’s Christian Women’s Christian Temperance UnionTemperance Union– Advanced their Advanced their

cause by entering cause by entering saloons, singing, saloons, singing, praying, and urging praying, and urging saloonkeepers to saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol stop selling alcohol

Create Economic ReformCreate Economic Reform

• Economic panic of 1893 caused some Economic panic of 1893 caused some to question capitalistic system of the to question capitalistic system of the U.S.U.S.

• Focused on Big Business and PoliticsFocused on Big Business and Politics• MuckrakersMuckrakers: Journalists who wrote : Journalists who wrote

about the corrupt side of business about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation and public life in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th magazines during the early 20th century century

Foster EfficiencyFoster Efficiency

• Many progressive leaders put their Many progressive leaders put their faith in experts and scientific faith in experts and scientific principles to make society and the principles to make society and the workplace more efficient.workplace more efficient.

• Scientific ManagementScientific Management

Political ReformPolitical Reform

Political ReformPolitical Reform

• Local and state governments had to be cleaned upLocal and state governments had to be cleaned up• What needed to be addressed?What needed to be addressed?

– RailroadsRailroads– Child LaborChild Labor– ElectionsElections

• 1717thth Amendment Amendment: Adopted in 1913, that provides for : Adopted in 1913, that provides for the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than by state legislatures. by state legislatures.

• As Americans became more involved in voting, As Americans became more involved in voting, women’s suffrage found renewed attention.women’s suffrage found renewed attention.