1. By: Karen Ramirez and Nicole Evans

2. Muckrakers: Writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business. Social Gospel: Movement originating in the Protestant church that aimed to help the urban poor; many progressives were influenced by this movement Settlement House: A community center that provided social services to the urban poor VOCABULARY

3. The muckrakers increased popular support for the Progressivism and helped bring about reforms. Promoted laws to improve: -Living conditions -Public health -Schools They believed that in order to improve American life, social planning was a must. They as well urged the government to fix and regulate businesses. (Lapanksy-Werner) INTRODUCTION:

4.  Believed that Christianity should be the foundation of Social Reform  Blended ideas from German socialism and American Progressivism  Many Protestant leaders followed his program  Urged the END of child labor and shorter workweek  Pushed for the federal government to limit corporation and trust power  Facts on Social Gospel: -Movement applied Christian ethics to social problems, for example: economic equality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, child labor, poor schools and danger of war (www.wikipedia.com) THE SOCIAL GOSPEL: WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH

5.  Goals of the Progressives was, to improve lives of the poor  Settlement house was one approach it was a community center that provided social services  Gave mothers classes in child care and taught immigrants English  Provided nursery schools, and kindergartens  For adults, theatre, art and dance programs were established  JANE ADDAMS: -Leading figure in settlement house movement - opened a Hull House in Chicago -In total, Addams opened 13 buildings -By 1911, the country had more than 400 settlement houses (Addams was an inspiring figure for the development) AIDING THE URBAN POOR:

6.  In 1990, children made ¼ of all people working in mills  Only 7% of children were enrolled in Kindergarten  8% of the ENROLLED children graduated from High School  President Roosevelt signed the FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT to establish better conditions: -Minimum wage of 16 for working during school hours -14 for certain jobs after school -18 for dangerous jobs -Set national minimum wage EDUCATION AND CHILD LABOR:

7. During the Progressive Era, child labor decreased due to the increase in public school enrollment. As for children employment, it decreased dramatically in 1900 GRAPHS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

8. WORKS CITIED Websites and books:

9.  "NOW with Bill Moyers. Society and Community. History of the Social Gospel | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/now/society/socialgospel  "Research | American Political History | Eagleton Institute of Politics." Eagleton Institute of Politics. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013..  "The Progressive Era (1895–1914) for AP U.S. History | Education.com." Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013..  Addams, Jane. "Jane Addams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Oct. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addam WORKS CITIED

10. 1.What was the main goal for many progressives? 2. How did the progressive movement improve the protection of the children and their education? FOCUS QUESTION: