PPT-Populists and Progressives

Gilded Age Describe business in the Gilded Age Populist Movement Farmers had suffered through the Age of Industrialization Price of wheat amp cotton dropped from early 1870s to the mid90s Lack of available credit in rural areas. and what became of them and their causes?”. Study Questions. What factors and events contributed to the Populist Movement?. Who were the Populists & what was their Platform?. What conditions contributed to the end of Populism?. 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. The Populists“My intention in this article was to suggest another means to teach a difficult period in American history. The Populist appear less than real to modern urban students. But kids all 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.". 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.. Inflation. Prices go up. Value of money goes down. Who does this hurt?. People who loan money. Prices of goods go down. Overproduction. Value of money goes up. Who does this hurt?. People who borrow money. The Roots of Progressivism . Learning targets. By the end of this lesson you will. :. . ● . Define Progressivism, muckrakers, direct primary, the temperance movement, socialism. . ● . Discuss how Progressives believed they could improve society. What was the Progressive Movement?. “A . Response to . Industrialism”. “A Search for ORDER”. How . does one produce a more humane, yet “ordered” society?. “Innovative Nostalgia”. Social Darwinists. 1880-1917. Reform Visions, 1880-1892. In the 1880s, radical farmers’ groups and . Knights of Labor . challenged industrialization. . Groups such as the . Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. began groundwork for middle-class progressivism, especially among women.. 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?. 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. What changes are we going to see during the Progressive Era?. What were the . problems. of the Gilded Age? . How can they be fixed?. The Progressive Era. 1890-1920. What were the issues of the Gilded Age?. 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.. 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