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Progressive Movement: Origins and Reforms

Explore the roots and intellectual influences of the Progressive Movement, from local solutions to federal reforms. Learn about muckrakers, education reforms, and the fight against political corruption and urban blight. Discover the impact of key figures and events shaping the movement.

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Progressive Movement: Origins and Reforms

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  1. TH2/7/13; T1/25/12; F1/7/11; M1/11/10; W 1/14/09 Roots of the Progressive Movement (Ch. 22.2; pp. 625-630)

  2. I. Early Roots • middle-class intellectuals • concerned over problems of industrialization • wanted to fix urban & work problems • reformers, not radicals • fix system, not overturn it • local solutions → state → later federal • used rational “scientific” approach of late 19th century to fix problems

  3. II. Intellectual Roots • turn-of-century intellectuals questioned Social Darwinism • solve problems through science • ThorsteinVeblen (The Theory of the Leisure Class – 1899) • William James (Pragmatism – 1907; Democracy & Social Ethics – 1902) • Charles Beard (Economic History of US – 1913) • Herbert Croly (The Promise of American Life – 1909)

  4. III. Problems A. Education • John Dewey – Democracy & Education (1916) • “learning by doing” • progressive education • social action • enrollment in schools skyrockets • 7M to 23M 1870-1920

  5. III. Problems (cont.) B. Muckrakers • reformers, social critics • used new magazines • McClure’s, Colliers, New Republic • Henry Demarest Lloyd – Wealth Against Commonwealth – 1894 (Chi.) • Standard Oil • Frank Norris – The Octopus (1901) • RR’s • David Graham Phillips – Susan Lenox: Her Rise and Fall (1917) • prostitution

  6. III. Problems (cont.) B. Muckrakers (cont.) • Theodore Dreiser – The Financier (1912) • lack of social conscience in business • Jacob Riis – Other Half Lives (1890s) • Lincoln Steffens – The Shame of the Cities (1904) • political corruption – St. Louis • Ida Tarbell – History of Standard Oil Co. (1904) • corporate excess • David Graham Phillips – Treason of the Senate (1906) • Upton Sinclair – The Jungle –(1906) • meatpacking

  7. III. Problems (cont.) C. Political Corruption • try to stop political corruption in cities • fought political machines (ex: Tammany Hall) • usually m-c and/or wealthy elites • often Republicans • wanted permanent structural change • city-manager system [compare to civil service reform] • focused on new more democratic ideas: • initiative • referendum • recall • direct primary • culminates w/ 17th Amendment (direct election of Senators) - 1913 • reforms later corrupted

  8. III. Problems (cont.) D. Urban Blight • Daniel Burnham – Chi. • built on Frederick Law Olmstead • urban beautification • clean up cities – garbage, street cleaning, tenement reform, public transportation • successful – infant mortality, TB rates decline

  9. III. Problems (cont.) E. Corporate Regulation/Factory Work • Frederick Taylor – scientific approach to business • Gov. Robert La Follette (WI) – “Fighting Bob” • “Wisconsin Idea” • fought for state reforms • more state regulations & laws • all at state level (later federal) • child labor & 10-hour days • impact of Triangle Shirt Waist Fire (1911)

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