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The Progressive EraWhat is Progressivism? Who is one?
• Progressivism = the belief that America needed to start solving societal problems that were effecting peoples lives.
• Progressives could be anyone, but usually educated and middle-class.
Their Goal = fix government so it can fix society!
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The Muckrakers
• Who were they?• What role did they play in the 1900s?
Muckrakers = journalists, politicians, social workers, anyone digging up dirt on corruption and how it was effecting
society.
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Today’s Activity:In your groups:- Review each others answers, make sure
everyone has the correct info.- Select 1 person to speak for your group.
Be prepared to present following info:- Who wrote your story- What societal issue do you think is being
exposed. - Read the 2 quotes that prove this.
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Gilded Era Issue #1:Author: Party Boss George Plunkitt
Issue: Corruption in Government
Who do the Progressives want to
fix the problem?
Government
Reform: See the next few slides
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“As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it?”
William “Boss” Tweed
How Government use to be run
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What is an initiative?
What is a referendum?
What is a recall?
How do we directly elect senators?
• Citizens introduce legislation Congress votes
• Congress introduces legislation on a ballot the Citizens vote
• Special election held to remove an elected official
• 17th Amendment
Reforms to fix: Corruption in Government
Idea is: let people vote
more gives
people more say
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Gilded Era Issue #2:Author: Susan B AnthonyIssue: Women’s Suffrage (suffrage = vote)
» Women had not rights, couldn’t vote, couldn’t own property.
Who do the Progressives want to fix the problem?
Government
Reform: Susan B Anthony would die before she ever got her dream to see women have the right to vote. All states did not ratify (pass) the 19th Amendment until 1920
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Gilded Era Issue #3:Author: Upton Sinclair (journalist)Issue: Meat Packing Industry was selling
us bad meat
Who do the Progressives want to fix the problem?
Government
Reforms: Meat Inspection Act: food industry is now monitored
Pure Food & Drug Act = products have to be labeled with all of the ingredients
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1.) What did the 19th Amendment do?
2.) Upton Sinclair is an example of what
vocabulary word?
3.) What law protected companies for
grinding up pig guts and labeling
them “prime beef”?
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Author: John Spargo
-Spargo’s Book “The Bitter Cry of the Children” = about “Breaker
Boys”, coal mining children, crippled by harsh working conditions.
Issue: Poor/Unsafe Working Conditions
Reform: Child Labor Laws- minimum age to work- maximum hours- education laws
Gilded Era Issue #4:
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SPRAGGERS NIPPER
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Gilded Era Issue #5:Author: Jacob Riis
Issue: In his book “How the Other ½ Lives”, he exposed the horrible living conditions in tenement buildings.
Reforms: Cities passes numerous Building Codes dictating how buildings should be built (must have windows, running water, etc.) and Zoning Laws.
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Upton Sinclair
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Jane Adams – Hull House
Philanthropy
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Jane Adams – Hull House
“The good we secure for
ourselves is precarious and
uncertain until it is secured for all of
us and incorporated into our common life.”
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Progressive Era
Through Photo
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Lewis Heins
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