THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

PROGRESSIVISM

Spurred on by depression of 1893 Sprang from Liberal concern for the

poor and conservative desires for efficiency

Established in the urban centers

PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Progressives=Pragmatists Utilized scientific method for reform

activities Found interests in controlling environment

for success of individual Behaviorism gains popularity and support

Muckrakers investigative journalists viewed as regulators of

society New form of education for American public

PROGRESSIVES IN THE PUBLIC

Upton Sinclair, 1906 The Jungle, raised concern about meat packing industry

Margaret Sanger, nurse who sought to assist women in having control of reproductive functions

Suffragists: Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul

Jacob Riis: photographer wanting to show images of the poor

5 CENT LODGING 1889

TENEMENT LIVING 1890

SLEEPING CHILDREN 1890

HOMELESS BOYS 1890

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

Government role increased Curb advancing corporate power Slow down corruption Attention placed on reforms for drinking

and prostitution

PROGRESSIVE VIEWS

Social justice, welfare, and control handles problems from below

Economic regulations tackle problems from above

Paternalistic middle class African Americans largely ignored in

movement

PROGRESSIVISM AND POLITICS

Roosevelt brings it to Washington Accepted idea of growth…..curb abuses Widened federal bureaucracy More actively involved government

across the board Conservatives squawking!!

CONT……

Woodrow Wilson carries on the torch Continues with Roosevelt's plans and

takes to new levels Presented freedoms to regulations Closer to big government than

Roosevelt ever got Centralized banking, revised tariffs,

federal trade commission established

NO COLLAPSE

15 years sees transformation of American politics w/o overturning capitalism

Established that gov’t could and should regulate private corporations for public good