PROGRESSIVISMImproving Americans Living and Working Conditions

What is progressivism?

Concern for the state of society Lasted from 1895?- World War I Major areas of concern

Economic- Large Corporations Social- Immigration and Labor Political- efficiency and democracy

Specific issues progressives wanted to tackle

Labor (safety, hours, pay) Immigration (Americanization and

limitation) Racism (Blacks, Asians, and Mexicans) Sanitation (city and food industry) White slavery (peonage and prostitution) Alcohol Large dominating corporations

The Muckrakers

Journalists who wanted the truth exposed

Jacob Riis Poverty in NYC Exposed the slums in

photographs Ida Tarbell

Criticized Standard Oil Company

Lincoln Steffens Brought to light the

corruption of city governments

Jacob Riis photographs

Labor

Management’s focus was speed and efficiency

Repetitive tasks Dangerous

Sliced fingers Workers lost

control of machines

Often locked in

Immigration

Americanization Henry Ford’s melting

pot “I am a good

American” Graduation ceremony

Old dress American made clothes

Limitation on Immigration set 2% rule 150,000 a year

Inequality and Racism

Southern states mandate segregated schools in 1876

SC spent $14 on a white student and $1 on a black student

80% of African Americans still live in rural areas

Jim crow laws LA Grandfather clause

Niagara Movement and the NAACP Met on Canadian

side Pledged action

Voting Equal access Integration Equality before

the law Conference

organized the NAACP

Sanitation

City sewage Meat packing

industry Upton Sinclair’s

“The Jungle”

Prohibit alcohol

Men spend more time at tavern than at home

Waste of money Show up late to

work Causing injuries

at work Lowering

productivity

Women

Mother’s day suffrage

The Large Corporation

Ida Tarbell brings it to the common person

Rural areas receive mail, now know what is going on

Rockefeller- 80% of oil

J. P. Morgan Busting up the

trust

The Trusts

The Progressive Era

Who were the muckrakers and what did they want to accomplish?

What was the Niagara Movement? Was it successful?

Why was their a push to prohibit alcohol?