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Progressive Reforms
The Problems and Solutions
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What is a progressive?
•Someone who works to reform or change parts of society
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Typical Characteristics
• Young• Unmarried• Educated• White• Females
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What is a Muckraker?
•A journalist who worked to expose corruption in government and society
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Workplace Problems
• Low Wages• Poor Work Conditions• Child Labor• Long Hours
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Workplace Problems
• Triangle Shirtwaist Fire- 140 women/men workers died in fire
• Doors were Locked • No Fire Escapes
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Solutions
• Minimum Wage first in Massachusetts in 1912
• Child Labor Laws• 8 Hour Work Day
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What is a ghetto?
•A place where people of the same ethnicity, race, or religion live
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What is a Slum?
•A Place where there tends to be a great deal of Crime and Poverty
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What is a Suburb?
•A Place where there tend to be Single Family Homes
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What is the Difference Between Urban and Rural?
•Urban-City
•Rural-Farms
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City Problems
• Overcrowding in Tenements
• Crime
• Dirt/Disease from garbage
• Tenements Unsafe
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City Solutions
• Police/Fire Departments
• Sewage System
• Garbage Collection
• Electric and Water Companies
• Transportation System
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Social Welfare Problems
• No Healthcare
• Alcoholism
• Poverty
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Social Welfare Solutions
• 1. Restrict Immigration-Quotas
• 2. Force Assimilation• A. Social Welfare Programs/Charities• B. Settlement Houses-Hull House Jane
Adams-Teach Child Care, English, Job Skills
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Social Welfare Solutions
• Social Gospel Movement-Religious Organizations teach how to live a religious life
• Comstock Law-Can Not Send “Bad” Items through Mail
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Social Welfare Solutions
• 18th Amendment-Women’s Temperance Movement tries to push for the ban on selling and manufacturing of alcohol
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Political Problems
• Political Machines-Unofficial party designed to keep a party in office
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Political Problems
• Political Boss-Sometimes Held Office, Sometimes just Help their Party Win
• Gave People Jobs to Vote• Immigrants Vote for Them to
Receive Aid
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Political Problems
• Spoils System-Government Officials gave jobs to Friends and Family
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Political Solutions
• Secret Ballot-No one knows who you vote for
• Direct Primary-Voters cast ballots to select Nominees for office
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Political Solutions
• Initiative-Allows Citizens to Propose New Laws
• Recall-Voters can Remove Official From office
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Political Solutions
• Referendum-Citizens Can Vote to Propose Laws or on Existing Laws
• 17th Amendment-Voters Directly Elect Their Senators
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Conflicts
• Immigrants Do Not Want to be told How to Live
• Many Can Not Use Services-Always Working
• Example-Parks