history progressives

movement that believed honesty and efficiency in government would lead to social justice

progresivism

reform was a reaction to

industrialism, urbanization, and immigration

who suffered the most (slum, low income, disease, etc)

industrialism poor

not all the same views-- 4 categories

progressives

what were the 4 progressives catergories

social, economic, political, and moral

all progressives had 4 basic belifes

govt should curb power of the wealthy

govt should be more accountable to citizens.

govt should have more power to improve the lives of citizens

govt should be more efficient and less corrupt

socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform

muckrakers

Muckraking author of Shame of the Cities, exposed corruption in urban govt

lincoln steffens

muckraking photographer and author of How The Other Half Lives, exposed the condition of the urban poor

Jacob Riss

Wrote The Jungle, a book exposing unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry

Upton Sinclair

belief that following christian principles could bring about social justice

RUCHKENBUSCH'S SOCIAL GOSPEL

Christian reformers social Gospel demanded

shorter work days and the end of child labor

A community center that provided services for the urban poor

settlement house

leader in the settlement house movement (Hull House)

Jane Adams

progressive succeeded in

reducing child labor laws and improving school enrollment

what was created in 1912

The United States Children's Bureau

who investigated how goods were made and sold

Women's Group NCL (Nat'l Consumers League)

worked in state/fed govt. for child labor laws, workplace safety, and consumer protection

Florence Kelly

pushed for labor unions and child labor laws in mines in West Virginia and Colorado

mother jones

unions fought collectively for better working conditions

Labor movement (frances Perkins)

in what year and how many people died in the Triangle shirtwaist Fire

1911 and over 100 people

How did young workers die in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire

jumped to their deaths or burned

the triangle shirtwaist fire focused attention on the need for

workers protection

who sought socail welfare programs

progressives

what did social welfare programs ensure

a minimum standard of living

ex-unemployment benefits,

accident and health insurance,

social security systems for the disabled and elderly

early reforms made at what level

municipal (city)

cities have limited degree of self-rule

home rule

movements

attack political bosses (Tammy Hall)

New cities ' governments

Cities took over public utilities

Cites supported welfare services sprang up

Citizens vote for nominees for the upcoming elections

direct Primary

citizens can put a proposed new law on the ballot by getting petition signatures

initiative

allows citizens to approve/reject a law passed by the legislature

referendum

Voters can remove public officials from office before the next election

recall

in 1913 the 17th amdt required what

direct elections (popular vote) of senators

Muller v Oregon

limited work day hours

by 1907 what amount of states outlawed child labor laws

2/3

Wisconsin reform governor who brought progressive reforms to the federal level

Robert la Follette

in the early 1900's many women wanted to go beyond the roles of

wife and mother

Poor women still had to deal with the ills of

bad working conditions

(long hours, lower pay, bullied, and didn't keep wages)

Middle-class women wanting to go beyond the roles of wife and mother was supported by the achievement of

education

founded the National Consumer's League known as the NCL

Florence Kelly

campaign to end the production, sale, and use of alcohol

Temperance movement

opened the first birth control clinic

Margret Sanger

helped to found the National Association of Colored Women

Ida B Wells

the right to vote

Suffrage (enfranchisement)

an advocate of the extension of political voting rights especially to women

suffragist

pre civil war

antebellum reform

1848 first women's rights convention in America

Seneca falls convention

s. carolina sisters

early female abolitionists and womens rights activists

Sarah and Angelina Grimke

Quaker abolitionist and suffragist

Lucretia(coffin) mott

Leading figure at Seneca Falls wrote the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (modeled after the dec. of ind.) signed by men and women demanding equal rights for men and women

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Black reformer, abolitionist and speaker at Seneca Falls

Frederick Douglass

only included rights to Aferican Americans and not women

14th and 15th amendements

differed over ideals of womens suffrages

womens suffrages organizations

headed by stanton and susan b anthony

National womens suffrage assoc. (NWSA)

in 1872 who was arrested for insisting on voting

stanton and susan b anthony

headed by Lucy Stone

Amer. womens suffrage assoc. (AWSA)

joined together in 1890 women could buy/sell property as the

National American womens suffrage assoc.(NAWSA)

what was the National American womens suffrage assoc. main focus was

a federal amendemnt enfrachising women

leader of the NAWSA in early 1900's

believed in a more refined way of getting suffrage

Carrie Chapman Catt

Quaker, spent time in england with "militant english suffragists

Alice Paul

believed in a bold way of fighting for suffrage

Alice Paul

in the wake of W.W.1 wilson passed the 19th amendemnt

enfranchising women on Aug.26 1920

thousands of women joined the

suffrage movement

the progressivism era in the early 1900's boosted suffrage for women b/c

it was thought women would secure votes for such improvements

progressivism in the early 1900's was a movement that called for widespread change due to

pure food and drug legislation

child labor law

better working condtions

Alice Paul forced pres wilson to pass an amendment for

lobbying protesting holding rallied and picketing

(civil disobedience )

civil disobedience

non-violent refusal to obey the law to change it

people who held the racial and ethnic prejudices common in that era

most progressive white-middle class protestants

white middle class protestants invisioned a model american based on

Protestant ethics and a white middle-class lifestyle

what was the RESULT of the model american based on the protestant ethics and white middleclass lifestyles

they were often hostile to minority or immigration cultures

believed assimilation would turn immigrants into

loyal and more citizens

effort to replace immigrant customes with white, protestant, middle-class practices and values

americanization

many progressives supported

racial prejudices

plessey v. ferguson desicion furthered discrimination in the

north as well as in the south

by 1910 segregation was the

norm nationwide

in 1914 even federal offices were segergated by

progressives pres, Woodrow Willson

african americans were split over

how to end racial discrimination

favorted a gradualist approach for blacks to earn rights through economic progress and emploment in the skilled trades

Booker T Washington

demanded immediate and full rights for black as guarenteed by the consitation

W.E.B Du Bois

oppoed Washington's approach, favored education in history literature and phiosophy not just in the trades

Niagra Movement

National Association for the Advancements of colored people

viewed full legal rights as the only solution to racial discrimanation

what does the NAACP stand for

National Association for the Advancements of colored people

organization to assist working class Aferican Americans with relief, jobs, clothing and schools

Urban League

organization to defend Jews and others from false statments and verbal or physical attacks

Anti-Defamation League

Mexican American groups that provided loans, legal assistance and disability insurence for members

Mutualistas