1. Social Change and Reform
SS Examine the importance of social change and reform in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Essential Question – What role did reformers play in transforming the social and political conditions in America during the Progressive Era?
This lesson will also address some of content covered on the Content Focus Report for SS.912.A.3.8 for 2014 and 2015.

2. Bell Ringer (3 minutes)
What are Progressive Era authors such as Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair best known for?
focusing attention on social conditions
fighting for the civil rights of African Americans
promoting the interests of the American farmer
supporting the goal of woman’s suffrage
What did Progressive Era reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall attempt to do?
increase the power of citizens in state and local government
reestablish the system of checks and balances
provide low-interest loans to farmers
expand voting rights to Native Americans

3. Social Change and Reform
Unit 3 Progressive Era Pt 3 Muckrakers Look for the information that answers the following question: How did muckraking change the political system in America? +the+muckrakers&qpvt=video+- +the+muckrakers&view=detail&mid=A FCC3ACC32A A FCC3ACC32A

4. Social Change and Reform
Why did so many people support the Progressive movement?

5. Conservation (I Do) President Roosevelt:
supported the conservation of forests, wildlife & natural resources
appointed Gifford Pinchot to head the U.S. Forest Service
Roosevelt & Pinchot believed experts in forestry and resource management should manage the forests

6. Conservation (I Do) President Roosevelt:
1903 – Roosevelt visited John Muir in Yosemite which led Roosevelt to designate Devils Tower, the Petrified Forest, & the Grand Canyon as national monuments
1908 – National Conservation Commission est.
Pinchot believed natural resources should be used to benefit people who are living now, Muir believed it was important to conserve natural resources

7. Women’s Suffrage (We Do)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
was an early leader of the woman’s rights movement
1848 – held the Seneca Falls Convention in July with Lucretia Mott and other women, drafted the Declaration of Sentiments and proposed that women be granted the right to vote
During the Civil War she focused her efforts on abolishing slavery but after the war she became more outspoken in promoting women suffrage
1869 – founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony, served as president of the NWSA until 1890
called for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote

8. Women’s Suffrage (We Do)
Susan B. Anthony:
began her reform efforts by supporting the temperance movement & the abolishment of slavery
focus shifted to helping women achieve voting rights after the Civil War
published The Revolution, a weekly journal for women’s rights
co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)
voted in the Presidential Election of 1862 on the basis of the 14th Amendment, court ruled right to citizenship did not apply to women

9. Social Change and Reform (We Do)
Teacher and Students
Student Collaboration
Student Collaboration
Student Collaboration

10. Bell Ringer Questions
What are Progressive Era authors such as Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair best known for?
focusing attention on social conditions
fighting for the civil rights of African Americans
promoting the interests of the American farmer
supporting the goal of woman’s suffrage

11. Bell Ringer Questions
What are Progressive Era authors such as Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair best known for?
focusing attention on social conditions
fighting for the civil rights of African Americans
promoting the interests of the American farmer
supporting the goal of woman’s suffrage

12. Bell Ringer Question
What did Progressive Era reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall attempt to do?
increase the power of citizens in state and local government
reestablish the system of checks and balances
provide low-interest loans to farmers
expand voting rights to Native Americans

13. Bell Ringer Question
What did Progressive Era reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall attempt to do?
increase the power of citizens in state and local government
reestablish the system of checks and balances
provide low-interest loans to farmers
expand voting rights to Native Americans

14. Social Change and Reform (You Do)
In 1902, Lincoln Steffens and Claude Wetmore published the article below about St. Louis in McClure’s magazine.
Which activity does this article illustrate?
Social Gospel Movement
government by city- manager
reporting by muckrakers
operation of settlement houses

15. Social Change and Reform (You Do)
How did muckrakers contribute to the rise of Progressivism in the early years of the 20th century?
by challenging big government and urging a return to past conditions
by exposing widespread corruption in business and government
by writing favorable biographies about wealthy Americans
by aligning themselves with the women’s suffrage movement

16. Social Change and Reform (You Do)
Which long-awaited goal of the women’s rights movement was achieved during the Progressive Era?
right to vote
right to own property
equal pay for equal work
equal access to employment and education

17. Social Change and Reform (You Do)
Essential Question: What role did reformers play in transforming the social and political conditions in America during the Progressive Era?
Cite specific evidence to support your answer.