1. Section 1: The Gilded Age Section 2: Progressive Ideas
CHAPTER 8
The Spirit of Reform
Section 1: The Gilded Age
Section 2: Progressive Ideas
Section 3: Reforming the Workplace
Section 4: Women’s Suffrage and Temperance
Section 5: Minorities Fight for Change

2. SECTION 1
The Gilded Age
Question:
How did the appointment of federal officials change during the late 1800s?

3. The Gilded Age SECTION 1 Appointment of government jobs in late 1800s
• jobs granted by spoils system
• many unqualified individuals appointed to positions
Appointment of jobs after Pendleton Civil Service Act
• jobs appointed by exam and merit system
• under control of the Civil Service Commission

4. Question: How did progressives address the country’s social problems?
SECTION 2
Progressive Ideas
Question:
How did progressives address the country’s social problems?

5. Progressive Ideas SECTION 2 Social Problem Reform Childhood Education
States pass laws requiring school attendance, started kindergarten programs, developed high school programs with courses in job training.
Medical Education
The AMA was reorganized.

6. Question: How did labor organize to improve the workplace?
SECTION 3
Reforming the Workplace
Question:
How did labor organize to improve the workplace?

7. Reforming the Workplace
SECTION 3
Reforming the Workplace
Ways that labor
organized to
improve working
conditions
• Some unions
pushed for
capitalism or
socialism.
• Other unions
held strikes.

8. SECTION 4
Women’s Suffrage and Temperance
Question:
What new educational opportunities for women developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and what were the results?

9. NEW EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
SECTION 4
Women’s Suffrage and Temperance
NEW EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN
Opportunity
Result
Many women were able to
Attend colleges and universities.
Many female graduates found it difficult to get jobs in male-dominated professions. Many women joined social clubs.

10. SECTION 5
Minorities Fight for Change
Question:
How did immigration change for Chinese Americans and Mexican Americans during the Progressive Era?

11. Immigration Changes for Chinese and Mexican Americans
SECTION 5
Minorities Fight for Change
Immigration Changes for Chinese and Mexican Americans
Chinese immigration slowed because of laws restricting Chinese entering the United States.
Mexican immigration rose because Mexicans could freely enter the United States.

12. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 8
1. What was the significance of the ruling in Lochner v. New York?
2. Why did women form the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
3. How did African Americans try to gain equal rights in the late 1800s and early 1900s?