6.2: Progressive Reform
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6.2: Progressive Reform
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)Around the 1890s, the Social Gospel Social Gospel movementmovement inspired many middle-class white Christians to clean up social problems caused by Gilded Age industrialism:Reforms included improving living conditions in urban slums, child labor, factory safety, women’s rights, alcohol abuse, & political corruption
Muckraking Journalism
The Jungle led the gov’t to
pass the Meat Inspection Act
in 1906
History of Standard Oil helped push for
the break-up of monopolies
Anti-Trust Reform
Progressive Reform in the StatesProgressives made state governments more democratic: Initiatives—citizens (not politicians) can put an issue on a state ballot & vote to make laws
Referendums—citizens vote on an issue (such as tax increases) suggested by state legislatures
Recalls—citizens can remove an elected official by popular vote
17th amendment allowed for the direct election of Senators
Reforming SocietySocial Reform: Jane Addams’ settlement housessettlement houses for poor urban workers
NAACPNAACP formed to help fight discrimination against blacks
1818thth Amendment: Amendment: prohibition1919thth Amendment: Amendment: gave women the right to vote
Investigative journalists who exposed corruption & dangerous practices of the nation’s businesses in the 20th
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They supported government regulation, not government ownership,
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This was passed by Congress in 1890 in an attempt to regulate big business:
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1. Sherman Anti-Trust Act2. Clayton Anti-Trust Act3. Monopoly Act4. Kellogg-Briand Pact
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