Progressivism CHAPTER 4, SECTION 1

Origins Emerged from growing middle class, dissatisfied workers, wealthy Americans Believed that industrialization and urbanization created social and political problems Work more efficiently Wanted laws to help poor, society more efficient

Populism v. Progressivism Get rid of corrupt gov. Eliminate abuses of big business Farmers and workers Progressivism Get rid of corrupt gov. Eliminate abuses of big businesses Middle-class Educated

Targeted Problems Getting women the vote Bring down political machines City people needed paved streets, clean water and housing “bust the trusts” Reduce the gap between the wealthy and poor

Muckrakers Investigative reports showed America’s problems Jacob Riis – photographed the poor Novelists put a human face on problems Naturalist novel The Jungle

Upton Sinclair Born in Baltimore in 1878 Exposed to class disparity Poor with rich relatives Graduated from College of New York and Columbia Sent to Chicago to write on working conditions in the stockyards Led to major reforms in food purity regulations