1. Today’s Standard SSUSH 13
Identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.

2. The Origins of Progressivism
Improving America

3. The Progressive Era Begins
1 )The 2nd Industrial Revolution changed the country
New problems
Labor
Politics
Business
Reform was needed
A) Fair business practices and better working conditions
B) Cleaner cities

4. Exposing Corruption A time of great discovery and revelation
2) muckrakers
The first investigative reporters
Exposed corruption in business and politics
3) Ida Tarbell
Tarbell exposed corruption in the Standard Oil Company Trust

5. Exposing Unclean Meat and Food
4) The Jungle
Published in 1906
Upton Sinclair
The original purpose was to focus on working conditions
The real story turned out to be the unsanitary conditions of the meat
Led to major reforms in meat inspection and eventually all food…

6. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

7. Taking Care of the Needy
The poor were often neglected before the Progressive Era
Reformers stepped up
5) Jane Addams
Created settlement houses for the poor and unfortunate
They could receive education and training
The Hull House

8. Reform in the Workplace
1) Women were a major part of the workforce in the early 1900s
Treated unequally
Penalized and fired for trying to get better pay and treatment
2) 2 million children worked in factories; 16 hour days
Safety was also an issue
1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
148 workers, mostly women, died
This set off a number of work place reforms

9. Reform in the Workplace
All these terrible conditions led to eventual workplace reforms
4) A) Strict safety and fire codes would be a part of workplaces.
B) By 1912, 39 states had child labor laws
C) Minimum wages would begin to be set in states.

10. City Reform Before the Progressive Era, cities were dirty and unclean
1) Tuberculosis and other diseases were rampant
City housing lacked needs such as a good electricity, water, and fresh air.
Reformers spoke out
2) Tenement Act – 1901
Apartments had to be built in places with open air
3) 1908 – the first playgrounds are built in Massachusetts
4) zoning, parks, and sanitation soon became a part of cities

11. Government Reforms
1) Initiative – citizens can propose ideas for state laws
Referendum – citizens can vote to accept or reject laws
Recall – citizens can remove a public official they are dissatisfied with
2003 – California Governor Gray Davis was recalled
Arnold Scharzenegger
17th Amendment - direct election of US Senators

12. 2003 California Recall Election

13. Federal Reforms 1) Theodore Roosevelt (TR) 26th President of the U.S.
The ultimate progressive leader
2) Regulated big business and unfair practices
“trustbusting” – to keep American business fair
3) Meat Inspection Act – required federal inspection of meat – 1906

14. Roosevelt’s Legacy
4) Roosevelt is most well-known for his work in the conservation movement
He took millions of acres of American land and prohibited its sale
It would be used for national parks
National Park Service – 1916
Supervises and monitors national parks to be enjoyed by Americans today

15. Free-Write Consider all the reforms we talked about today.
Which one do you believe was most important?
Why?
5-7 sentences
Use examples from your study guide

16. Study Guides So Far 01) The Age of Invention
02) The Rise of Big Business
03) Labor Unions
04) Immigration
05) The War In The West
06) The Progressive Era