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State Standards 7.3, 7.6, and 7.9
Progressivism
 Progressivism
    A reform movement
     focused on improving
     living
     conditions, education,
     working
     conditions, stopping
     political corruption, and
     gain women the right to
     vote
    Populist Party
Progressivism.
 Three Progressive Presidents
   1. Teddy Roosevelt
   2. William Howard Taft
   3. Woodrow Wilson
Economic Reforms
 Theodore Roosevelt
    Hates big business and
     its impact on the
     government
    Sherman Anti-Trust Act
       Take legal action against
        the country’s largest
        corporations
       “The trustbuster”
   Conservation of natural
    resources
   Protection of wildlife
Economic Reforms.
 William Howard Taft
   Sixteenth Amendment
       Allowed Congress to levy
        income taxes
Economic Reforms..
 Woodrow Wilson
   Focused on labor and
    business
       “New Freedom”
           Tariff reform and rules for
            banks
       Federal Reserve Act
           Set up the Federal Reserve
            Banking System
              Regulates the nations
               money supply
Economic Reforms…
 Woodrow Wilson
   Clayton Antitrust Act
       Used to break fight against
        big business
   Keating-Owen Child
    Labor Act
       Forbade the sale of
        products made by children
        across state lines
Muckrakers
 Muckrakers
   Writers who attempted
    to expose abuses in
    business and corruption
    in politics by using their
    writing
   Very important to the
    Progressive Movement
   Their work helped
    educate the public
    about changes needed
Muckrakers.
 Ida Tarbell
    History of the Standard
     Oil Company
        Brought the company’s
         monopoly to light and
         eventually led to a
         government antitrust suit
         against the company
Muckrakers..
 Upton Sinclair
    The Jungle
       Told of unsafe and
        unsanitary conditions in
        meat processing plants
       Causes public uproar
   Pure Food and Drug Act of
    1906
       Mandated safe and sanitary
        conditions for food
        preparation and packing
           Food and Drug
            Administration (FDA)
              Put regulations on food
               and medicines
Political Reform
 “Wisconsin Idea”
    Proposed to use University
     professors to study problems
     and recommend solutions
 Leads to the 17th Amendment
    Allowed for the direct
     election by the people of
     senators on a national level
 Oregon System
    Leads to the direct election
     of senators and a process
     with which to recall them
Women’s Suffrage (Giving women the right to vote)
 Seneca Falls Convention
    Declaration of Sentiments
        Drew upon the Declaration
         of Independence to
         articulate women’s rights
 National Suffrage Leagues
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    Susan B. Anthony
    Lucy Stone
    Worked through suffrage
     leagues to securing the
     right to vote for women
Women’s Suffrage.
 Alice Paul
    Mass Marches
    Hunger Strikes
    Used to demonstrate
     against a government
     that did not allow half
     of its population to vote
Women’s Suffrage..
 Tennessee
    “The Perfect 36”
    Nineteenth Amendment
       35 states had ratified this
        amendment to give women
        the right to vote
       Tennessee was not one of
        them
           If Tennessee ratified the
            amendment it would
            become the perfect 36th state
       Governor Albert H. Roberts
           Holds an assembly to vote
            on the amendment
Women’s Suffrage...
 Tennessee
    Tennessee was the
     deciding state for
     Women’s Suffrage
        If Tennessee ratified the
         amendment then it would
         become law
    Harry Burn
      Legislator who vote to pass
       the amendment because his
       mom told him to
 Results in Tennessee giving
  women the right to vote
Women’s Suffrage….
 Female Leaders in
 Progressive Era
   Women’s Trade Union
    League
       Lobbied for the 18th
        amendment
           Prohibition- stop the sale
            of alcohol
Settlement Houses
 Hull House
   Jane Addams
   Formed to help
    immigrants and the
    poor “settle into”
    American culture
 Henry Street Settlement
   Lillian Wald
       New York’s lower east side
       Taught immigrant women
        about health and hygiene
The Great Migration
 Population Shift
    Employment
     opportunities were
     opened in the North
    African Americans leave
     the south for the North
       Nearly half a million
        African Americans
        migrated north between
        1916 and 1919
Urban areas during this time period

New York
Chicago
Boston

North East!
African American Cultural Figures
 W.E.B. Du Bois
   Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of
    Colored People (NAACP)
   Black Nationalist Policy
        Believed African Americans should stay independent of white
         Americans
 Booker T. Washington
    Assimilation of blacks into white culture
        Believed African Americans should be worked into white American
         culture
           “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are Speech”

 Marcus Garvey
   Segregationist policies and revolutionary tactics

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The progressive era

  • 1. State Standards 7.3, 7.6, and 7.9
  • 2. Progressivism  Progressivism  A reform movement focused on improving living conditions, education, working conditions, stopping political corruption, and gain women the right to vote  Populist Party
  • 3. Progressivism.  Three Progressive Presidents 1. Teddy Roosevelt 2. William Howard Taft 3. Woodrow Wilson
  • 4. Economic Reforms  Theodore Roosevelt  Hates big business and its impact on the government  Sherman Anti-Trust Act  Take legal action against the country’s largest corporations  “The trustbuster”  Conservation of natural resources  Protection of wildlife
  • 5. Economic Reforms.  William Howard Taft  Sixteenth Amendment  Allowed Congress to levy income taxes
  • 6. Economic Reforms..  Woodrow Wilson  Focused on labor and business  “New Freedom”  Tariff reform and rules for banks  Federal Reserve Act  Set up the Federal Reserve Banking System  Regulates the nations money supply
  • 7. Economic Reforms…  Woodrow Wilson  Clayton Antitrust Act  Used to break fight against big business  Keating-Owen Child Labor Act  Forbade the sale of products made by children across state lines
  • 8. Muckrakers  Muckrakers  Writers who attempted to expose abuses in business and corruption in politics by using their writing  Very important to the Progressive Movement  Their work helped educate the public about changes needed
  • 9. Muckrakers.  Ida Tarbell  History of the Standard Oil Company  Brought the company’s monopoly to light and eventually led to a government antitrust suit against the company
  • 10. Muckrakers..  Upton Sinclair  The Jungle  Told of unsafe and unsanitary conditions in meat processing plants  Causes public uproar  Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906  Mandated safe and sanitary conditions for food preparation and packing  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  Put regulations on food and medicines
  • 11.
  • 12. Political Reform  “Wisconsin Idea”  Proposed to use University professors to study problems and recommend solutions  Leads to the 17th Amendment  Allowed for the direct election by the people of senators on a national level  Oregon System  Leads to the direct election of senators and a process with which to recall them
  • 13. Women’s Suffrage (Giving women the right to vote)  Seneca Falls Convention  Declaration of Sentiments  Drew upon the Declaration of Independence to articulate women’s rights  National Suffrage Leagues  Elizabeth Cady Stanton  Susan B. Anthony  Lucy Stone  Worked through suffrage leagues to securing the right to vote for women
  • 14. Women’s Suffrage.  Alice Paul  Mass Marches  Hunger Strikes  Used to demonstrate against a government that did not allow half of its population to vote
  • 15. Women’s Suffrage..  Tennessee  “The Perfect 36”  Nineteenth Amendment  35 states had ratified this amendment to give women the right to vote  Tennessee was not one of them  If Tennessee ratified the amendment it would become the perfect 36th state  Governor Albert H. Roberts  Holds an assembly to vote on the amendment
  • 16. Women’s Suffrage...  Tennessee  Tennessee was the deciding state for Women’s Suffrage  If Tennessee ratified the amendment then it would become law  Harry Burn  Legislator who vote to pass the amendment because his mom told him to  Results in Tennessee giving women the right to vote
  • 17. Women’s Suffrage….  Female Leaders in Progressive Era  Women’s Trade Union League  Lobbied for the 18th amendment  Prohibition- stop the sale of alcohol
  • 18. Settlement Houses  Hull House  Jane Addams  Formed to help immigrants and the poor “settle into” American culture  Henry Street Settlement  Lillian Wald  New York’s lower east side  Taught immigrant women about health and hygiene
  • 19. The Great Migration  Population Shift  Employment opportunities were opened in the North  African Americans leave the south for the North  Nearly half a million African Americans migrated north between 1916 and 1919
  • 20. Urban areas during this time period New York Chicago Boston North East!
  • 21. African American Cultural Figures  W.E.B. Du Bois  Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)  Black Nationalist Policy  Believed African Americans should stay independent of white Americans  Booker T. Washington  Assimilation of blacks into white culture  Believed African Americans should be worked into white American culture  “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are Speech”  Marcus Garvey  Segregationist policies and revolutionary tactics