PPT-The Progressives: From Muckraking To Suffrage

Unit 5 Progressivism is a reform movement that attempted to address many of the social problems created by industrialization The areas they focused reforms on were society the workplace and the government. By Ashley Granados. What was the Progressive Era?. The Progressive Era was a period of time when people were trying to make serious improvements in American society. Many of these progressives tried to improve areas like government and politics, poverty, women's suffrage, alcohol abuse, and child labor. Many of these issued arose with the sudden growth of industry. Photographs were extremely important in the progressive movement. They allowed people, often the wealthy, see what it was like for some of these people.. 1889-1916. What was Progressivism?. An effort to impose order & justice on society that was approaching chaos. What created the chaos?. Rapid industrialization. Urbanization. Immigration. Laissez faire. Middle class men and women. Called for a strong federal government to fix the problems of the Gilded Age. Hoped to remove power from the city and senators and return it to the people. Believed that by helping the poor, socialism would be . By Joshua Lake and David Moreau. Political Reform. Populists and . Progressives. .. Taylor, Horace.. Women’s Rights. National Constitution Center.. "Women's . Suffrage.". Temperance. "House Adopts Prohibition Amendment 282 to 128.". U.S. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 6. RISE OF PROGRESSIVISM. Progressivism. is a collection of different ideas & activities, not a tightly organized political movement with a specific set of goals. 1848-1920. Essential Questions. Why did people oppose woman suffrage? Did anti-suffragists think men were superior to women?. Women and Reform Movements. The Progressive Movement. 18.1 The Roots of Progressivism. 18.2 Roosevelt in Office. 18.3 The Taft Administration. 18.4 The Wilson Years. 18.1 The Roots of Progressivism.  . The Rise of Progressivism. Chapter 16 – The Progressives. Main idea: Progressives focused on three areas of reform: easing the suffering of the urban poor, improving unfair and dangerous working conditions, and reforming government at the national, state, and local levels.. Chapter 20 Review Video. www.Apushreview.com. Who were progressives?. Mostly middle-class, city-dwellers, women. Goals. “Direct, purposeful human intervention in social and economic affairs.” (p. 569). Suffrage = right to vote. Started at Seneca Falls Convention (1848). National Woman’s Suffrage Association. Worked for Constitutional amendment that would give women the right to vote. . 1900’s Cause gets stronger. Progressivism. – . movement that believed honest and efficient government could bring about social justice. muckrakers. – . socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform. Progressivism. – . movement that believed honest and efficient government could bring about social justice. muckrakers. – . socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform. “Taft and Wilson”. Unit 2, Chapter 6, Section . 4. Main Idea. Progressive reforms continued during the Taft and Wilson presidencies, focusing on business, banking and women’s suffrage. . Progressivism under . 147Human defectives should nolonger be allowed to propagate the race148151 Charles Van HiseUW president from 1903-14618 and a founder of the Wisconsin IdeaBy Thomas C LeonardWisconsin progressives had