1. Progressive Movement
Social Reform

2. Progressivism Addresses Problems of……….
Urbanization and Industrialization

3. 4 Goals Promote Social Welfare Promote moral improvement
Create economic reform
Promote efficiency

4. Promote Social Welfare
YMCA’s
The Salvation Army
Settlement Houses
Florence Kelley fought for end of child labor

5. Moral Reform Prohibition Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Banning of alcohol
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Frances Willard transformed the Union into a national organization

6. Economic Reform
Literature pointing out differences between rich and poor
Muckrakers wrote stories about unfair business practices
Some people embraced socialism such as Eugene Debs

7. Promoting Efficiency An increased emphasis on data
Example: Muller v. Oregon
Frederick W. Taylor promoted scientific management
The breaking up of tasks into simpler parts
Similar to the assembly line

8. Robert M. La Follette States sought to regulate industries
Changed the way railroads were taxed
Set limits on rates
Cut out unfair practices
Illegal rebates

9. Political Reform Commission System Reform Mayors Initiatives
Tom Johnson of Cleveland (more honest, more efficient, and more humane)
Initiatives
Referendums
Recalls
Direct election of senators

10. Protecting Working Children
Progressives took up cause of ending
National Child Labor Committee gathered data and showed pictures
Labor unions also agreed with bans of child labor

11. Limiting Work Hours: Muller v. Oregon
1908: Supreme Court Case
Progressives argued for and won a ten hour work day for women
However, gender discrimination was still present in the case

12. Muller v. Oregon
"That woman's physical structure and the performance of maternal functions place her at a disadvantage in the struggle for subsistence is obvious. This is especially true when the burdens of motherhood are upon her. Even when they are not, by abundant testimony of the medical fraternity continuance for a long time on her feet at work, repeating this from day to day, tends to injurious effects upon the body, and as healthy mothers are essential to vigorous offspring, the physical well-being of woman becomes an object of public interest and care in order to preserve the strength and vigor of the race.”