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The Progressive Era

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The Progressive Era

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    1. The Progressive Era Goals of the Progressive Era Return government to the people Restore the economic opportunities Stop injustices in American Society

    2. The Birth of the Progressive Era

    3. Protecting Social Welfare Social welfare programs existed to solve urban problems YMCA Salvation Army Florence Kelley – advocate for improving the lives of women and children

    4. Suffrage

    5. Moral Reform Prohibition Movements Francis Willard & WCTU Carrie Nation Anti-Saloon League (1895) The prohibition movement was closely linked to the women’s suffrage movement

    6. Prohibition

    7. Economic Reform Writers criticize laissez-faire Eugene Debs organizes the American Socialist Party in 1900 Muckrakers McClure’s Magazine Ida Tarbell – The History of Standard Oil George Norris Lincoln Steffens – The Shame of Cities Upton Sinclair – The Jungle

    8. The Jungle

    9. Efficiency Scientific management Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company Assembly line $5 work day

    10. Mass Production

    11. Government Reform Natural disasters helped to prompt change in local governments Flood in Dayton, Ohio Hurricane in Galveston, Texas Reform mayors help bring about change

    12. Natural Disasters

    13. State Reform Robert Lafollette of Wisconsin was the best example a progressive governor – Big on railroad reform States work to protect workers and end child labor National Committee to End Child Labor (1904) Keating Owen Act (1916) Limiting Work Hours Muller v. Oregon (1908) Bunting v. Oregon (1917) Louis Brandeis – The lawyer protecting workers rights

    14. 17th Amendment

    15. Reforming Elections Initiative – a bill originated by the people rather than by lawmakers Referendum – a vote on an initiative Recall – enables voters to remove a public official from elected positions by having them face another election before the expiration of their terms. If enough voters ask for it Direct election of Senators Prior to 1913, U.S. Senators were chosen by state legislatures Seventeenth Amendment (1913) – made the direct election of Senators the law of the land

    16. A View of Industrial America

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