Transcript Progressive Nts

The Progressives
What were the major problems during
this time?
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Unemployment
Unfair business practices
Unsafe working conditions
Political corruption
Prostitution and drunkenness
Crowded cities
Who were the progressives?
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Native born Americans
Middle or upper class
Urban
College educated
What were the goals of the
Progressive Reformers?
Protect social welfare
Promote moral improvement
Created economic reform
Foster efficiency
How did they try to protect social
welfare?”
By Improving living and working
conditions for the poor by applying
Christian principles to social problems
And ending child labor
How did they work to Promote Moral
Improvement?
 By improving living conditions for
the poor by prohibiting alcohol use
 Fighting for women’s suffrage
How did progressives create
economic reform?
Improve the economy by breaking up
of monopolies and trusts
Limit big business influence in
government
Income tax
Government regulation of railroads,
meat, and food
What are some of the improvements
Progressive reformers make?
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16th Amendment (income tax)
17th Amendment (direct election of senators)
18th Amendment (Prohibition)
19th Amendment (women’s right to vote)
Conservation of lands in the West
Establishment of National Parks
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
End of monopolies like Standard Oil
Establishment of Kindergarten programs
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Reserve
Charities and settlement houses
• Using Chapter 9, chose one of the above
improvements made by Progressive
Reformers.
• Explain the improvement and describe
how it will improve the lives of Americans.
(50 words or more, please include a word count)