PPT-The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

Edward T ODonnell 2006 The Progressive Era The Progressive Era Defined Background on the Progressive Era Three Main Ideas of Progressivism Who Were the Progressives Key Progressive Era Reforms. Overview. The Accident. Automobile Insurance. Underinsured Motorist Coverage. The Lawsuit. Matt Fisher’s . Tumblr. Blog. Progressive Response. Business Problem and Repercussions. Key Stakeholders. 1900. -1917. Sources: . Maier, . ch. . 22,. . Tindall. , and on Samuel P. Hays’s . Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890-. 1920. Who were the Progressives?. T. Roosevelt and the Trust Busters. T]he meat would be shoveled into carts, and the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one—there were things that went into the sausage in comparison with which a poisoned rat was a tidbit. There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was to be ladled into the sausage. There were the butt-ends of smoked meat, and the scraps of corned beef, and all the odds and ends of the waste of the plants, that would be dumped into old barrels in the cellar and left there. Under the system of rigid economy which the packers enforced, there were some jobs that it only paid to do once in a long time, and among these was the cleaning out of the waste barrels. Every spring they did it; and in the barrels would be dirt and rust and old nails and stale water—and cartload after cartload of it would be taken up and dumped into the hoppers with fresh meat, and sent out to the public’s breakfast.. By: Jack Whitten & Cameron Ray. What is the Progressive Reform?. The . Progressive Reform. , or . the Progressive Era. , was a time in . A. merican history ranging from around the 1890’s to the 1920’s. It was during this time period the Prohibition of alcohol, and the legalization of women’s right to vote occurred.. EST. 1890 www.kookaburra.biz EST. 1890 SIZE GUIDES EST. 1890 KOOKABURRA CRICKET 2015 #GAMEON www.kookaburra.biz EST. 1890 SIZE GUIDES CRICKET BAT SIZE GUIDE Youth Young players (children or teenagers The Progressive Era. Background to the Progressive Era: The Gilded Age. Gilded Age: 1865-1890. Overlaps with Reconstruction. What does Gilded mean?. What was the Gilded Age like?. Rapid industrialization—factories, assembly lines, mass production. The Progressive Era. As the 1800s ended, only a handful of people were wealthy, while immigrants and poor laborers continued to live and work under harsh conditions. . Many citizens and government officials began to demand reforms in government, business, and society. . What were the attitudes of Progressive social reformers towards immigrants?. Read Document A…Textbook excerpts on the Social Gospel & settlement houses at the turn of the century.. What was the Social Gospel movement?. Introduction. Background. Three Wings. Journalists. Leaders and Accomplishment. State and Local. President. Others. Amendments. Conclusion. Commager’s Six problems facing the U.S. in the late 19. th. There were significant differences between the quality of play and the fan base for pro and college basketball. . Many of the professionals never went to college and some did not even complete high school. . The 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. . THE BIG QUESTIONS:. How did farmers respond to the problems they faced in the late 19. th. Century?. How. did muckrakers and other Progressives reform American Society?. What has been the legacy of the Progressive Presidents?. American . Communist Party . formed in 1919. c. ommunist ideas frightened much of the public. Palmer Raids . (1919) resulted in the deportation and arrest of . thousands. n. o evidence of revolutionary conspiracies uncovered. 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