Chapter 18:The Progressive Reform Era

Section 1: The Origins of Progressivism

Objective:

Assess the need for reform during the turn of the 20th century.

Did the means of reform provide adequate “progress” for serving the needs of the day?

Things to Consider

What were the key goals of Progressivism?

How did the ideas of progressive writers help to inspire new reform movements?

What reform organizations and what women reformers took up Progressive causes?

Why did Progressive reforms meet with resistance?

The Jungle. . . .

“It seemed they must have agencies all over the country, to

hunt out old and crippled and diseased cattle with had been

fed on ‘whisky-malt’, the refuse of the breweries, and had

become what the men called ‘steerly’—which means covered with boils…It was stuff such as this made the ‘embalmed beef’ that had killed several times as many United States soldiers as

all the bullets of the Spaniards [in the Spanish-American War].”

The Progressive Era: Roots of Reform

________: political party from the 1890s who

wanted to increase the amount of currency in

circulation and promote economic reforms

_______ and _______ Farmers

Northeast, Midwest, and West Coast

________, prohibition, purity crusades,

electoral reform, charity reform, social gospel

philosophy, and settlement houses

Reform Reacts. . .Issues of Reform

______________: Brought Prosperity, but at what cost?

__________: Seeking a better life, but what did they really find?

____________: Growing cities with growing problems.

The Progressives: Goals and Beliefs

Four Goals Categories _____, Moral, ________, and Political

Spanned all the _______ Most followers had ________ wealth and held 4

common beliefs (pg. 615) 1. Gov’t should be more ___________ to citizens 2. Gov’t should ______ ______ and influence of

_______ interests 3. Gov’t should be given expanded ______ to that it

could become more ______ in improving the lives of its citizens

4. Gov’ts should become more _______ and less _______ so that they could competently handle an expanded role

“__________”

_________ who played a key role in alerting the public of wrongdoing

Upton Sinclair TR Takes Action

"This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in."

Reform Organizations…

The _____ Movement Unions were being _________ by employers

Used ____________ to limit unions Unions continued to battle through individual

bargaining_________: court order to prohibit certain activities

Socialists _______: an economic

and political philosophy favoring public or _________ control of property and income

Used the ______ to attempt Change

•Most Progressives were ________

•Free the gov’t of _________, not restructure it completely

Women’s Groups

Women’s organizations formed around nearly _________ issue The National ____________ League (NCL)

___________ how goods were made and sold Enforced ____________ laws

_________ for Women!!! Gov’t services were essential to ________ ________ Deal with ______ consumption, work environments, etc.

Resistance to Progressivism

Progressives wanted the _________ to be involved in the people’s lives

Housing, healthcare, movie content

Clash of interests between the Progressive ad the poor: Example: Should child labor be banned?

• Mistreatment of youth or Provision for families?

On Your Own:

At the end of your 18.1 notes, list the following names: Upton Sinclair Henry George Edward Bellamy Florence Kelley Mother Jones

For each of these, write a brief explanation of what contributions each made to the progressive era.