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Origins of Progressivism

Origins of Progressivism. What were the goals of Progressivism?. The Progressive Movement. 1890s: Americans looking for change “Muckrakers” (Journalists) questioned the domination of corporations Four Goals of Progressivism - #1Promoting Social Welfare.

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Origins of Progressivism

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  1. Origins of Progressivism What were the goals of Progressivism?

  2. The Progressive Movement • 1890s: Americans looking for change • “Muckrakers” (Journalists) questioned the domination of corporations Four Goals of Progressivism - #1Promoting Social Welfare • Social Gospel Movement & Settlement Houses help the poor 2. YMCA: opened libraries, sponsored education 3. Salvation Army: fed the poor in soup kitchens, cared for children 4. Florence Kelly becomes a well known advocate to push govt to change things, improve labor condition, stop child labor

  3. Goal #2 Promoting Moral Improvement • Prohibition Movement says “Alcohol is undermining American Morals!” • Women’s Christian Temperance Union used peaceful & violent means to end alcohol use • Anti-Saloon League began endorsing politicians who favored prohibition of alcohol Carry Nation

  4. Goal #3 Creating Economic Reform • Muckrakers: exposed business corruption, esp. Captains of Industry (Robber Barons) • American Socialist Party forms (1901) • Formed by labor leader Eugene V. Debs • Argued that big business is favored by government and hurts the workers!

  5. Goal #4 Businesses Become Efficient 1. Use science & economics to make business run more efficiently 2. Focus on workweek/hours 3. Increase productivity: Henry Ford introduces the automobile assembly line

  6. Reforming Government • City government – use a manager to run day to day city operations • Elect reform Mayors – those w/ progressive ideas • Elect reform Governors – Robert La Follette of Wisconsin & James Hogg of Texas go after big businesses (regulation) • Protect Children – new laws limiting child labor • Working Hours – Supreme court sides with workers, limits the work day to 10 hours • Reform elections • A) Ballot initiative & referendum – allow voters to place bills on the ballot to be voted on • B) Recall – give voters ability to remove bad leaders • C) 17th Amendment Direct election of Senators (takes vote away from State Legislature and gives it to the people)

  7. Women’s Rights • Only one in five women had a job in the 1890s • Typical female jobs: • Office worker – filing, secretarial • Nurse • School teacher (K-8) • Telephone Operator • Maid, cook, seamstress (esp. African Americans) • Women want suffrage (right to vote)

  8. Plan for Women’s Suffrage • Convince individual states to allow women to vote • Already in Wyoming, • Utah,Colorado & Idaho • Challenge laws in court • 14th Amend says citizens have equal rights • 15th Amend says all citizens can vote • Aren’t women citizens? • Push for a Constitutional • Amendment

  9. Two of the leading suffragettes are Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Seneca Falls Convention, 1848) & Susan B. Anthony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXNQPb6bzT4&feature=related • What did Stanton write at the Seneca Falls convention? • What did she found in 1888? • How was she honored by the US? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDPZudU0ek • How did Anthony feel about slavery? • What did she fight for after 1851? • How was she honored by the US?

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