PPT-Chapter 18: The Progressive Reform Era (1890-1920)

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 . Overview. The Accident. Automobile Insurance. Underinsured Motorist Coverage. The Lawsuit. Matt Fisher’s . Tumblr. Blog. Progressive Response. Business Problem and Repercussions. Key Stakeholders. © 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. 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.. 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.. The Transformation of the American Republic and Society. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Rise of the Progressives. Who are they and what was their philosophy?. The Social Issues the Progressives Addressed. What were they concerned about in society?. A time of change. 4 goals of progressives. 1: Protecting social welfare. YMCA (young men’s Christian association). Salvation army. Better working conditions. 2: Promoting Moral Improvement. Prohibition. 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 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?. 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.. 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. . What is Progressivism?. What was the Progressive movement?. Social/political movement of early 1900s that attempted to use activism as well as . gov’t. power to cure social problems. Why was this so groundbreaking?. th. Century. Example Upton Sinclair. . Read “Tar Heel Talk” pp. 266-67 and answer Qs 1-5.. Think globally or in the U.S. about political corruption or scandal etc. that needs the hand of a muckraker to bring it to public attention. .