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Progressivism Review

This review explores the critical issues of industrialization, urbanization, and immigration during the Progressive Era. Students will learn to identify the societal problems linked to these changes, such as job scarcity, low wages, overcrowding, and poor living conditions. The review also covers how reformers, including muckrakers like Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair, fought for change and civil rights. Key successes like the 17th Amendment and failures related to ongoing exploitation and inequality will be discussed, encouraging critical thinking about current social issues.

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Progressivism Review

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  1. Progressivism Review Mr. Rhodes

  2. What you should be able to do when you leave here today. • I can identify the problems associated with industrialization, urbanization, and immigration • I can explain how people worked to solve the problems they faced during the Progressive Era • I can explain the successes and failures of the different reform movements during the Progressive Era

  3. Problems with Urbanization, Industrialization, Immigration • Lack of Jobs • People willing to work for low wages (causes conflict) • Overcrowded • No place to live/work • Sanitation • All these people and all that trash and terrible living situations

  4. How People Solved Problems • Muckrakers-Wrote about it. • Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair • Fighting for Civil Rights • NAACP, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) • Using the law and the people. • Court Rooms • People taking the power back

  5. Success and Failure • Success: • Direct Primary • 17th Amendment (Voters elect Senators) • Secret ballot • Initiative (Vote on Proposed Laws) • Referendum (Allows voters to approve or reject a recent law that was passed) • Recall (Remove elected officials from office) • MOST OF ALL-They got people thinking

  6. Failures • Failures: • Are poor people still exploited at times? • Do some business owners still walk on their employees? • Can consumers still purchase janky products? • Do some people still live in crappy housing? • Is there still crazy competition for jobs? • Is everyone treat equal?

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