The Progressive Era Welcome to the jungle Guns N Roses Let the rain fall down Im coming clean Hilary Duff Dont call it a comeback LL Cool J The Progressive Era ID: 761542
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The Progressive Era “Welcome to the jungle.” --Guns N Roses “Let the rain fall down / I’m coming clean” --Hilary Duff “Don’t call it a comeback” --LL Cool J
The Progressive Era Industrialization creates crowded cities, bad working conditions, and failing political systemsThese problems give rise to the Progressive Movement in which fixing social, political and economic issues take center stage.
The Progressive Era Issues Dangerous working conditions Child Labor Long hours, low wages, no job security, no benefits Equal access to employment and pay for women Goals of Progressive Movement Government controlled by the people Guaranteed economic opportunities through government regulation Elimination of social injustices
Cleaning Up the Muck M uckrakers – journalists who exposed corruption in government, business and societyEx: Ida Tarbell – exposed Standard Oil Company as corrupt monopolyEx: Upton Sinclair – wrote The Jungle ( 1906) as exposé on working conditions in Chicago’s meat factories, but gets more attention for the horrible conditions of food preparation Responsible for getting Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act passed in 1906 after President Roosevelt read the book
Political Reforms = power to voters Direct primaries –people choose candidates for elections rather than party officials (to prevent political machines)Secret ballot - voters' choices are confidential to ensure bribery and intimidation don’t influence the voter Initiative - a bill that is launched by the citizens rather than legislators (citizens creating laws )Referendum - citizens challenge a law passed by the state legislature or local body Recall- removing a public official from office before her term was up
African Americans and Progressivism Booker T. Washington - way to equality is through vocational education and economic successFounded Tuskegee Institute to teach these skillsAccepted social separation of races Atlanta Compromise Speech (1895) - blacks should accept the treatment of Southern whites W.E.B. Dubois supported political equality believing blacks should use the courts to fight for their rightsEducation meaningless without equalityNiagara Movement (1905) – a movement to stop social injustices such as segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans, led to creation of the NAACP
Despite efforts of Washington and Dubois, blacks made little success in the late 19th and early 20th centuriesSo, Southern blacks moved to northern cities for jobs to escape the poverty and discrimination in the South - Great Migration