Promoting Social Welfare The Progressives Promoting Social Welfare

Who are the Progressives? Mostly middle class Often highly educated Usually from small towns but lived in urban areas Most were white Goal: Change the country for the better

What is “social welfare”? Another phrase for the “well being” of the country.

Progressive Reforms Conditions and treatment of the urban poor Problem Conditions and treatment of the urban poor Child labor Domestic violence Poor health care for women and lack of family planning services Lynching Working conditions in the factories Food sanitation

Conditions and Treatment of the Urban Poor

Child Labor

Domestic Violence

Poor health care for women and lack of family planning services

Lynching Causes: Racism Fear of equality Fear of sexual relations between the races Economic competition

Lynching Strange Fruit Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant South The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop

Factory Working Conditions

Food Sanitation