Progressive Era: Muckrakers & Social Reforms
What does a reform have to have in order to be Progressive?
1. Believe that people need to improve Society 2. Promoted change from the Government
Why were women able to lead Progressive Reforms?
1. women could not vote for change, so needed to make reforms another way. 2. Fit societal expectation of women: taking care of those, protecting society
Nelly Bly wrote ___________________
10 Days in a Mad House
Who was the leader of the NWP?
Alice Paul
16th Amendment
Created income tax
17th Amendment
Direct Election of Senators
Reformer who wanted to end child labor
Florence Kelly/ Lewis Hine
Reformer who wanted to uncover the monopoly railroads had on farmers
Frank Norris
What model do many progressive reforms use to make reforms?
Grassroots, state, then federal changes
Provide an example for how the temperance movement follows the Progressive Model for reform
Grassroots: Anti-Saloon League, WTCU States: Maine dry, changed state constitutions, limited liquor alcohol % Federal: 18th Amendment
Jacob Riis wrote ___________________
How the Other Half Lives
Reformer who wrote about the unfair business practices of J.D. Rockefeller
Ida Tarbell
Reformer who wrote about corruption in city politics
Lincoln Steffens
Reformer who wanted to uncover issues in mental institutions
Nelly Bly
18th Amendment
Prohibition
21st Amendment
Repeals the 18th Amendment
Who are the Progressive Presidents
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
Ida Tarbell wrote ___________________
The History of Standard Oil
Upton Sinclair wrote ___________________
The Jungle
What legislation was a project of The Jungle
The Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
Frank Norris wrote ___________________
The Octopus
Lincoln Steffens wrote ___________________
The Shame of Cities
Define: Suffrage
The right to vote
How are muckrakers an example of a Progressive?
They believed that the public should help change the country, and reforms should come through the government
How is Hull House an example of reformers wanting to Americanize (culturally assimilate)?
They offered English classes, and other cultural activities to help them Americanize (music, book clubs, etc.)
What was the goal of a muckraker?
To uncover wrong doings in society and promote reform
Reformer who wanted to write about immigrant working conditions (in Chicago Meatpacking)
Upton Sinclair
The 19th Amendment
Woman's suffrage
When the Supreme Court ruled child labor unconstitutional, people opted for this type of reform
education
Temperance movement wanted to:
limit or end the drinking of alcohol in the U.S.
