PPT-Progressive Era 1890-1920

T Roosevelt and the Trust Busters The 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 onethere 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 buttends 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 waterand cartload after cartload of it would be taken up and dumped into the hoppers with fresh meat and sent out to the publics breakfast. © Edward T. O’Donnell, 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. 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. . 1880-1920. 1880-1890. Dresses are corseted with long boned bodices.. Skirts were layered and draped.. A lot of pleading and an apron front.. 1890-1900. Silhouette is slimmed and elongated. . Sleeves grow and balloon out to unprecedented sizes.. 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. . Lesson 1 . Progressives Drive Reform. Learning Objectives. Identify the causes of Progressivism and compare it to Populism.. Analyze the role that journalists and novelists played in the Progressive Movement.. Spurred on by depression of 1893. Sprang from Liberal concern for the poor and conservative desires for efficiency. Established in the urban centers. Practical Application. Progressives=Pragmatists. Utilized scientific method for reform activities. progressivism. Progressivism was a crusade against the problems associated with the rapid growth of industries and urbanization . Progressive Reformers . specifically . targeted the abuses of urban political bosses and corporate robber barons. . Topic for Today:. Who were the Progressives? . How and why did the Progressive Movement seek to change America at the turn of the century? . How did America respond to the cries of the progressives? . 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. North Carolina A&T State . University. . USDA/1890 . Partnership – . A Broad . Perspective. Antonio McLaren. USDA/1890 Program Liaison. Virginia State . University. USDA/NIFA . Grantsmanship. Progressive Era 1890s - 1920 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS Who were the Progressives? What reforms did they seek? How successful were Progressive Era reforms in the period 1890-1920? Consider: political change, social change (industrial conditions, urban life, women, prohibition) Topic for Today:. Who were the Progressives? . How and why did the Progressive Movement seek to change America at the turn of the century? . How did America respond to the cries of the progressives? .