Progressives

What are some of the problems in society?

Factory WorkersCity lifeBig business domination (no competition)Race relationsInequality for womenLack of involvement by all Americans in

politicsAbuse of alcohol

Men’s lodging room

Dens of Death

A flat

Who were the Progressives?

Middle class reformers who were trying to solve the social problems of the time period Areas of reform: drinking, child labor, women,

working conditions, the environment, factory productsWho are the muckrakers?- ________________

Upton Sinclair- ___________________________ Ida Tarbell- ______________________________

Prohibition

Reformers upset with the money spent on alcohol Instead of on families Targeted the poor & immigrants Led mainly by women

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Anti-Saloon League

**successful in the 20th century

Child Labor

Kids working long hours in dangerous conditions Why?

National Child Labor Committee Sent investigators into factories to take photos

Keating-Owen Act 1916 Can’t use child labor if product crosses state lines Court overturns it later, so it’s a short term victory

Working Hours

Reformers hoping for laws to lower the working day (hours)

Successful in 2 court cases- Bunting v. Oregon

10 hours for men Muller v. Oregon

10 hours for women

Conditions in the cities

Reformers horrified by the living conditionsCities start to pass laws requiring buildings

to meet certain standards Running water, toilets, proper ventilation

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/triangle/ig/Triangle-Factory-Fire/Morgue.htm

Identifying bodies at the morgue, after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.Courtesy Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library

Political Reforms

Americans want a greater voice in politicsReforms at the state level

Initiative Referendum Recall

Reforms at the national level- 17th Amendment

Hull House

Created by Jane AddamsWanted to help immigrants survive in

America Offered classes Taught English

Suffrage

What’s the 1st time women started to demand rights?

Who were the leaders?

Suffrage

Want the right to voteLeaders- Susan B. AnthonyOrganization- National American Women

Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Gain suffrage in some western states

**successful in the 20th century

Teddy Roosevelt’s Reforms

Called the Square DealTrusts

TR didn’t necessarily believe trusts were bad, but they were if they hurt public interest

Tries to break up “bad” trusts”Environment

Problems: Western lands disappearing, waste going into rivers, overgrazing

Conservation Set aside land for national parks for people to enjoy

Teddy Roosevelt’s Reforms

Meat TR read The Jungle & was inspired to do

something Created a commission to research &

investigate Meat Inspection Act 1906

Drugs/Medicine Problems? Pure Food & Drug Act 1906

Doesn’t completely stop the sale of contaminated foods & medicines, but it’s a good step

Labels

TR earns the nickname of “Teddy Bear”

Civil Rights

Review- Washington & DuBois What did each man want? Washington- self help DuBois- education for the top

DuBois creates the NAACP Wanted equality

Election of 1912

Republicans- TaftTeddy runs his own party- Bull

Moose Party (splits Republican party)

Democrats- Woodrow WilsonSocialists- Eugene V. Debs Winner: Wilson

Later Reforms

Taft Broke up more trusts than TR

Wilson Clayton Anti-Trust Act Graduated income tax (16th) Women 19th

Wilson does little for Civil Rights