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. 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.. 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?. 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.". Dorothy is a simple country girl who lives on an impoverished farm with her aunt and uncle. Dorothy represents America: honest and kindhearted. A second suggestion is she is Mary Elizabeth Lease, known as the Kansas Tornado, was an American lecturer, writer, and political activist. She was an advocate of the suffrage movement as well as temperance but she was best known for her work with the Populist party. She had the slogan, "Raise More Hell and Less Corn".. 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. 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.. 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. 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 avoided. Women played a prominent role in the Populist Movements speakers and organizers. Convinced that rich industrialist and bankers had a stranglehold on the government . Like the Grangers before them, the Populists wanted the government to take a larger role (to end oppression, injustice and poverty). 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?. 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?. 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. 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