2.  Spurred on by depression of 1893  Sprang from Liberal concern for the poor and conservative desires for efficiency  Established in the urban centers

3.  Progressives=Pragmatists  Utilized scientific method for reform activities  Found interests in controlling environment for success of individual  Behaviorism gains popularity and support  Muckrakers  investigative journalists viewed as regulators of society  New form of education for American public

4.  Upton Sinclair, 1906 The Jungle, raised concern about meat packing industry  Margaret Sanger, nurse who sought to assist women in having control of reproductive functions  Suffragists: Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul  Jacob Riis: photographer wanting to show images of the poor

9.  Government role increased  Curb advancing corporate power  Slow down corruption  Attention placed on reforms for drinking and prostitution

10.  Social justice, welfare, and control handles problems from below  Economic regulations tackle problems from above  Paternalistic middle class  African Americans largely ignored in movement

11.  Roosevelt brings it to Washington  Accepted idea of growth…..curb abuses  Widened federal bureaucracy  More actively involved government across the board  Conservatives squawking!!

12.  Woodrow Wilson carries on the torch  Continues with Roosevelt's plans and takes to new levels  Presented freedoms to regulations  Closer to big government than Roosevelt ever got  Centralized banking, revised tariffs, federal trade commission established

13.  15 years sees transformation of American politics w/o overturning capitalism  Established that gov’t could and should regulate private corporations for public good