Progressive EraProgressive Era1900-19161900-1916

Reform MovementsReform Movements

PopulistsPopulists FarmersFarmers Rural ProblemsRural Problems

ProgressivesProgressives Middle ClassMiddle Class Urban ProblemsUrban Problems

ProgressivesProgressives Increase DemocracyIncrease Democracy End CorruptionEnd Corruption Help Working ClassHelp Working Class

Progressives:Progressives:

Reformers who attempted to rectify the Reformers who attempted to rectify the problems caused by the Industrial problems caused by the Industrial Revolution & Big GovernmentRevolution & Big Government

    Muckrakers: writers exposed Muckrakers: writers exposed problems of societyproblems of society

Goals of ProgressivesGoals of Progressives make government more responsive & make government more responsive &

responsibleresponsible limit power of party bosses & political limit power of party bosses & political

machinesmachines increased participation by responsible increased participation by responsible

citizenscitizens end laissez-faireend laissez-faire trust-bustingtrust-busting women’s suffragewomen’s suffrage conservationismconservationism

Women LeadersWomen Leaders Women’s Rights: Alice PaulWomen’s Rights: Alice Paul Urban: Jane AddamsUrban: Jane Addams Prohibition: Carrie NationProhibition: Carrie Nation

Civil RightsCivil Rights

Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington & Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBoisW.E.B. DuBois

Anti-Lynching League:Anti-Lynching League: Ida B. Wells BarnettIda B. Wells Barnett

Reforming State & City GovernmentReforming State & City Government

direct primary systemdirect primary system initiative & referenduminitiative & referendum recall electionsrecall elections tax reformtax reform City CommissionsCity Commissions Election of OfficialsElection of Officials fight city bosses & machinesfight city bosses & machines

Muckrakers: writers exposed Muckrakers: writers exposed problems of societyproblems of society

Upton Sinclair, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle The Jungle Lincoln SteffensLincoln Steffens, The Shame , The Shame

of the Citiesof the Cities Ida TarbellIda Tarbell, History of , History of

Standard OilStandard Oil Jacob RiisJacob Riis, How the Other Half , How the Other Half

LivesLives William R. HearstWilliam R. Hearst, publisher, publisher

Teddy RooseveltTeddy Roosevelt

trust-bustertrust-buster supporter of Laborsupporter of Labor

Anthracite Coal Anthracite Coal StrikeStrike

Civil RightsCivil Rights Conservation Conservation

MovementMovement

William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft

Ballinger-Pinchot Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy on Controversy on conservationconservation

T.R. challenged TaftT.R. challenged Taft Progressive (Bull Progressive (Bull

Moose Party)Moose Party)

Election 1912Election 1912

Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson

Southern ScholarSouthern Scholar Federal Reserve ActFederal Reserve Act Clayton Anti-Trust ActClayton Anti-Trust Act Keating-Owen ActKeating-Owen Act Women’s Suffrage Women’s Suffrage

controversycontroversy