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The Progressive Era1890-1920
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Definition of Progressive Era
Time period (1890-1920) when efforts were made to reform or eliminate many social problems.
◦ Economic Reform Regulate business, improve working conditions, consumer protection
◦ Social Reform education, women’s suffrage
◦ Political Reform government accountable to the people
◦ Environmental Reform Protect the environment from industry
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Economic Reform (Regulate trade)
Sherman Anti-Trust ActBreak up monopolies-monopolies were unfair and not in the best interest of the American people
- Theodore Roosevelt was known as the “trust buster”
What does this political cartoon say about monopolies and the men who controlled them?
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Economic Reform (Consumer protection)
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
“The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair◦Exposed the appalling
working conditions in meat packing facilities
◦Led to federal food safety laws
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
As you listen to this segment from The Jungle, think about the following questions:
What is in the sausage?
How is the workplace unsanitary?
Would people eat this sausage if they knew how it was made?
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Economic Reform (Improve working conditions)
Workplace and Labor reforms:◦8 hour workday◦Improve safety
conditions◦Minimum wage◦Unionization◦Child labor laws
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Tragedy leads to safer working conditions
Triangular Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 25, 1911
145 workers burned to death
Deaths were preventable:◦Locked doors◦Neglected safety
features
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Social Reform
Goal-Protection and expansion of individual rights.
Women’s Suffrage
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Women’s Suffrage
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)◦1st national meeting
for women’s rights Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
19th Amendment:-women can vote (1920)
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Political Reform
End corruption◦Politicians taking
bribes Boss Tweed in NYC
People elect their senators (not the state legislatures)◦17th amendment
Boss Tweed
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Environmental Reform
President Theodore Roosevelt is known as the “conservationist President”
Established the Forest Service in 1906
5 National Parks
Protected 230 million acres of public land