The Progressive Movement
Progressive = Change
- These changes included:- Women’s suffrage- The Temperance Movement- Child Labor- Unsafe working conditions- The rise of Labor Unions
Progressive Era Amendments
18th – (1919) Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages
19th - (1920) Women’s Suffrage (The right to vote)
21st – (1933) Repeal of Prohibition amendment
18th Amendment “Prohibition” also known as The
Temperance Movementhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYqFXmVAFg&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Prohibited the production, sale, or transportation
of alcoholic beverages in the
United States
Carrie Nation and her
“Hatchetations”Biggest group
behind Temperance movement was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
(WCTU)
Carrie became the face (and ammo) of the movement
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Women’s Suffrage
Women gained the right to
vote with the passage of the
19th amendment to
the Constitution of
the United States of America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L13b0t9aARY&feature=related
Two Famous Suffragettes
Susan B. Anthony and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women gained voting rights
and increased educational
opportunities
21st AmendmentRepeal of Prohibition
Prohibition amendment was so controversial, that it became one of the central issues of the1932 Presidential election
FDR ran and won on a platform which included an end to Prohibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUeMD057wcU&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1
Progressive movement workplace reforms
- Were needed because of these three negative effects of industrialization
- 1) Unsafe working conditions
- 2) Low wages and long hours
- 3) Child Labor
Lewis Hine and Child LaborHe used photographs of children
working to try to reform ( and end) child labor practices
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tY1gk6J6zc&feature=relatedhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/
Unsafe working conditions
The Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911
Locked exits and a faulty fire escape led to the deaths of 146 women working in the factory
This was one of the tragic events that led to workplace reforms
http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol2no1/trianglefire.html
Samuel Gompers and the rise of Labor Unions
•He began the American Federation of Labor (also called the AFL)
•It was one of the most powerful Labor Unions
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) had 1.6 million members by 1904- Dissatisfied workers organized into groups to demand better pay and working conditions from their employers
One method was to go on strike. Strikes were often violent and deadly and many people did not support this lawless disorder.
The Homestead
StrikeIn1892 Workers went on strike at Carnegies steel
plant in Homestead, PA
Strike was a failure since the
strikers were immediately
replaced by non-union
strikebreakers
Progressive movement workplace reforms
* In the end, the Labor Unions had many successes
1) Improved safety conditions
2) Reduced work hours
3) Placed restrictions on Child Labor
*Expanding Education – In 1865 most children attended school for only 4 years, By 1914 80% of all children (ages 5-17) were enrolled in school
Discrimination against Native Americans
Native Americans did not receive any citizenship rights in the United States until 1924.
This means that they were the last group of people to be given Constitutional rights!