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B/4 Progressives: Populism-Populist Mv’t

The Progressive Movement Fixing Social Injustice Many countries NOW need their own Progressive Movement. Project Hw : “Your Muckraker” Review Sheet. B/4 Progressives: Populism-Populist Mv’t. Populists were an early movement, poor western farmers

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B/4 Progressives: Populism-Populist Mv’t

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  1. The Progressive MovementFixing Social Injustice Many countries NOW need their own Progressive Movement. Project Hw:“Your Muckraker” Review Sheet

  2. B/4 Progressives: Populism-Populist Mv’t • Populists were an early movement, poor western farmers • Goal: improve life for farmers by reducing debt and limiting big business • Railroads would offer rebates to large businesses, hurting small ones • Wanted to ease debt by causing inflation, or a rise in price to pay off debt. • Movement failed b/c did not unite African American and white farmers or attract industrial workers

  3. What was the Progressive Movement? A group of people AKA: Muckrakers/Reformers asking for reform or change for a better way of life. A reform is a fix by law. What Needed to be fixed: problems caused by BB/Immigration/Urbanization Helped create laws to protect workers and children

  4. Who Activity # 12 • Problem: Child Labor • Fix by Law: Keating Owens Act and later banned Text book DVD VideoStudy.com clipand or Play Video Clip Jungle in Progressive Videos in SS Folder Progressives Videos

  5. Who Activity # 13 Problem: Dangerous Working Conditions Fix by Law : Labor Unions, 10 hour Work Act, Department of Labor, the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act Directions: Read The Jungle and write down 3-5 really Gross. Read Triangle Shirt Fire and write down 3-5 Really Bad

  6. Who Activity # 14 Remember Boss Tweed? Activity #13 Problem: Corruption in Government Fix by Law: Pendleton ACT, Secret Ballot, 17th Amendment, Recall William "Boss" Tweed - Adventures in Justice Directions: Get and Read Activity #13 Handout and answer the questions.

  7. Who Activity # 15 Problem: Trusts and Monopolies Fix by Law: Progressive Presidents and the Sherman Anti-Trust and Clayton Anti-Trust Act Trust/Monopoly Busting and Reforming Directions: As you watch the video clips, write down 2-3 main points about each president.

  8. Progressive Presidents do their partRoosevelt, Taft and WILSON Presidents Help/Hurt Fill in Chart using Videos 2. SAFARI Montage chap.6 John Green Progressive Presidents 1. See Also CLT Video Folder (Pres.)

  9. Who Activity # 16a Problem: Alcohol Fix by Law: 18th Amendment  Slogans and Images • Directions: Google Temperance Movement Images. Write down three slogans you find . We had a Temperance Movement in Loudoun County • Directions: Check out the website: http://www.novahistory.org/Purcellville_Rink/Purcellville_Roller_Rink.html Write down what you learned.

  10. Who Activity # 16b Problem: Suffrage Fix by Law: 19th Amendment Watch as a class John Green Suffrage LINK Analyzing Video Sources • Second to None Video Documentary Directions: Go to the following website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAaqFdNZISI Explain the purpose of the video using words from the video. • School House Rock Directions: Go to the following website http://www.mytowntutors.com/2013/06/school-house-rock-sufferin-til-suffrage/, watch the video and listen to the lyrics. Explain the purpose of the video using lyrics from the song. • Bad Romance Directions: Go to the following website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLQyhBp_qtc watch the video and check out the lyrics. Explain the purpose of the video using lyrics from the song.

  11. Who Activity #17 Progressive Overview fill in the blank using John Green Video • study.com or John Green Link

  12. Negative Effects of IndustrializationSAFARI Montage chap. 2d A Nation in Turmoil Hine 2 "short version with captions" Problem: Child Labor If there be anything hated by childrenIf there be anything orphans can't avoidIt is child labor.Child laborThe robber of our youthThe robber of our rightsYou've done much harm alreadyPlease leave us alone. By 1910, almost 2 million children were working

  13. Unsafe working conditions study.comSAFARI Montage chap. 3 A Nation in Turmoil Activity Really Gross/ Really BadThe Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 hyper linkEVENT VIDEO Problem: DDDD Dark Dirty Dangerous Death Muckraker LINK HIS SOLUTION • What Kind of Source?

  14. Low Wages about 10 cents a dayWorkers worked long hours…Sometimes 10 – 12 hours a day Problem: Long hours Little pay

  15. Rise of Organized LaborSAFARI Montage chap. 2 Freedom A History of US: Working for Freedom What is a Labor Union ? Formed by a group of workers to get better salaries and working conditions from their employers They helped to get new laws made to help the workers

  16. Strikes-Weapon of Labor UnionsWhat is “On Strike” or a “Strike”?SAFARI Montage chap. 6 A Nation in Turmoil The union members stop working until they get better salaries or working conditions STRIKES: Hurt Big Business’ ability to grow, but protected workers and made their lives better.

  17. Knights of Labor-Key Figure: Terence V. Powderly The Knights of Labor, founded 1869 First major labor organization in US Unskilled and skilled workers Campaigned for an eight hour workday, no child labor. Ultimate goal own where you work. Membership grew in the 1880 b/c of STRIKES  The disgruntled joined American Federation of Labor

  18. The American Federation of Labor (AF of L) founded in 1886; in Columbus OHIO • Skilled, white men only • Fought for higher wages, shorter work weeks., benefits for disabled workers • Fought for collective bargaining or group negotiations (both sides labor and owners get something) • Major tactic for achieving goals was strikes Samuel Gompers AFL founderSAFARI Montage chap. 5 b Working for Freedom: A History of Us

  19. American Railway Union led by Eugene V. DebsInternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union • June 1893, Eugene V. Debs, secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, joined other brotherhood officers to found the American Railway Union (ARU), dedicated to uniting all rail workers "into one, compact working force for legislative as well as industrial action“ • Short History Vd Link • The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) one of the largest labor unions States • First U.S. union to have a mostly female membership • Key player in 1920s and 1930s.

  20. Examples of a labor strikes:May 4, 1886 labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. 8 people died 8 labor activists convicted with the bombing despite lack of evidence Pullman Strikenationwide railroadstrike May 11 to July 20, 1894 Turning point for US labor law. Laid off 2/3rds, cut wages. 100,000 • Pullman Strike VD Clip • Labor Day and the Pullman Strike clip

  21. Examples of a labor strikes: Most ViolentSAFARI Montage chap. 7 A Nation in Turmoil The Homestead Strike: AKA: the Homestead Steel strike, Pinkerton rebellion, or Homestead massacre. In 1892 the workers at the Carnegie steel factory in Pennsylvania went on strike because the company lowered their wages or salary… A small war was fought between the company guards and the union members… The strike lasted for months; the workers did not win.

  22. 1900 4% of workers in a UNION. Was not until the 14th Amendment was interpreted to apply to business that things slowly changed. STATESPASSED LAWS: REGULATING WORKING CONDITIONS AND REQUIRING MINIMUM STANDARDS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY UNITED WE STAND! Explain or describe this cartoon

  23. “CHECKS” Elections Laws help stop Political corruption-such as bribes and voter intimidation by Bosses and MachinesMuckraker: Lincoln Steffens “Shame of the Cities” • Eliminate the Power of political machines with the secret ballot. • 17th Amendment: the direct election of senators. Bosses do not pick, who to vote for. • Primary Elections: Eliminate candidates before real election • Recall: Kicked out of office if not doing job. • Referendum: People vote directly on a new law. PENDLETON ACT (1883): Federal Gov’t jobs by merit not spoils

  24. Safari Progressive Mv't chap 5 Trust busting ended monopolieshold on the consumer and created fair business practices.Muckraker: Ida Tarbell “History of Standard Oil” Problem: Trusts and Monopolies Business Corruption

  25. Created to End Collusion in Business • The Clayton Anti-Trust Act expanded upon the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by exempting unions from prosecution and it outlawed price-fixing. • The Federal Reserve System was established. “Babysitter of Banking” • 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act declared illegal any contract, trust, or restraint of trade in interstate commerce • 1887, the Interstate Commerce Commission : firstdesigned to regulate railroad rates, then expanded in 1906.

  26. Progress is made-Social Justice Achieved through change by Law or Reform1. Laws improved safety conditions2. Reduced work hours-8 hours3. Everyone received minimum wage or salary… men, women, and children were all paid the same.4. Lessened child labor, banned in the 1930’s.5. Ended corruption of the political bosses and took steps to end corruption at the local, state and national levels with Election Laws. 6. Consumer Protection Men in the North--anywhere from $3.00/day for highly skilled laborers to $1.25/day for unskilled workers. Pay sufficient for people to survive if they worked full time, year-round. Men in the South--$.75-$1.50/day in the South.

  27. Problem: Alcohol abuse and Women could not vote During the Progressive Era there were many efforts to change the laws of the United States

  28. The Temperance Movement1. Composed of groups opposed to the making and consumption of alcohol2. Supported the 18th Amendment prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages Notes: page 5 Problem: Too Much Show Modern Tech Example

  29. 18TH AMENDMENT EXPECTED RESULTS UNEXPECTED RESULTS People made their own alcoholic beverages. Gangsters, such as Al Capone, made a fortune by providing alcohol that was smuggled in from Canada and the Caribbean Legitimate businesses stopped selling alcoholic beverages to their customers… Alcoholism declined during this time… Police and government agents were in charge of enforcing the new law Creation of the FBI

  30. The Sufferage Movement1. Drive for greater political rights for women.2. Women involved in many reform movements, discovered: They did he drudgework.Could not take leadership roles or lobby openly for their goals. 3. Politically, women were to be neither seen nor heard. 4. The drudgery of daily housework and its deadening impact on the mind , struck some women as unfair. Problem: Lack of Women’s Rights

  31. All Began with the Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848 • Seneca Falls, New York July 1848 • Organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Quakers whose concern for women's rights was aroused when Mott, as a woman, was denied a seat at an international antislavery meeting in London. • 240 sympathizers: forty men-Frederick Douglass • Delegates adopted a statement, modeled on the Declaration of Independence “SENECA FALLS DECLARATION” • CALLED for women's suffrage and reform of marital and property laws that kept women at inferior status. • NEXT 70 years was the goal for the movement . We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal;

  32. The Suffrage Movement helped women gain equal rights, increased Educational opportunities.Women gained the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States… Women had to suffer and RAGE to get the Vote and more equality

  33. SAFARI Montage chap. 8 The Progressive Mv’tSAFARI Montage Not Ourselves Alone chap. 1 • Suffragettes Susan B. AnthonyElizabeth Cady Stanton Carrie Chapman Catt Alice Paul and Lucy Burns NWHMuseum Link Problem: No Voice

  34. So what? What is important to understand about this? Essential: The Progressive Movement sought to reform the economic, political, and social systems of the United States through government regulation and oversight. How did Reform or fix by Law correct or make better the Social Injustice created by Industrialization, Immigration and Urbanization?

  35. TEST ACTIVITY CHOICEModern Problem Muckraker: See Sample • Directions: Think of a Modern Problem that exists today. It may even be a problem that existed during the Progressive Movement that is still a problem we are working on today. Modern Problem Group Selected or partners in group: ___________________ Approved by my teacher? • Now, chose either a Super hero Muckraker or TV Hero Muckraker to solve the problem. Using device Research your Superhero or TV Hero and discover what they would do to solve the problem your group has selected. Complete one organizer template. Handwrite or Type? • With printed pictures.

  36. TEST ACTIVITY CHOICEMonopoly • Directions: Play Monopoly and Recognize what you have learned about business.

  37. TEST ACTIVITY CHOICEFar and Away • Directions: Watch Far and Away and “see”, Recognize what you have learned in this Unit.

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