the progressive era chapter 6, section 1
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The Progressive Era
Chapter 6, section 1
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The Progressive Era
• 1890-1920• Progressivism was a collection of
ideas/activities about how to fix the problems in American society
• Believed the gov’t should take a larger role in helping problems caused by industrialization
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Muckrakers• Era was helped by the muckrakers (term
coined by Teddy Roosevelt)• They put pressure on politicians to
introduce reforms
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Muckrakers
• Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, which put pressure on the gov’t to regulate meatpacking industry
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The Progressive EraProgressives wanted more democracy in
society• Reforms:• 1. Direct primary (Robert La Follette,
governor of Wisconsin)• 2. initiative• 3. Referendum• 4. Recall• 5. 17th Amendment
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The Suffrage Movement
• Movement for women’s voting rights
• Suffrage is the right to vote
• Many Progressives joined the movement
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The Suffrage Movement
• Began in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention, which was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
• Became unified in 1890 with creation of NAWSA
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The Suffrage Movement
• 2 main arguments against movement:• 1. Women powerful enough• 2. Blur distinctions between genders
• **Not all women supported suffrage
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The Suffrage Movement
• Leaders worked to get constitutional amendment, but failed
• Had success getting individual states to accept women’s suffrage
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The Suffrage Movement
• Wyoming—1st state to allow women’s suffrage
• Movement had more success out West
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The Suffrage Movement
• Will be helped by WWI• Women provided help in industries, still
performed “gender duties”• 1920—19th Amendment ratified
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Social Welfare Progressivism
• Many Progressives focused on social problems
• Created charities to the poor, but also pushed for new laws to help fix problems
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Social Welfare Progressivism
• Child labor• 1900—Over 1.7 million children under 16
worked in factories• Considered very unhealthy• States began to pass laws to limit child
labor, such as compulsory education laws
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Social Welfare Progressivism• Safety codes:• Many adults also worked in bad
conditions• 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory incident• States began to pass building and fire
codes• Progressives able to get states to adopt
workers’ compensation laws
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Social Welfare Progressivism
• The Prohibition Movement• Many Progressives believed alcohol was
responsible for many problems in American life
• Temperance movement emerged
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Social Welfare Progressivism
• The Prohibition Movement• Very successful• Alcohol consumption dramatically
dropped in the 1800s• 18th Amendment
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Social Welfare Progressivism
• Progressives also were against big business
• Believed that wealth was concentrated in hands of a small group of people
• 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act
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Social Welfare Progressivism
• Many progressives supported idea of socialism (gov’t should own and operate industry)
• Gained national support, Socialist Party formed
• Eugene V. Debs ran for President in 1912