progressives

Daily Speak- What is the message of this political cartoon?

THE PHONOGRAPH 1877 Inventor: Thomas Edison Effect: Changed the

entertainment world forever Have you listened to music lately?Have you listened to music lately?

TELEPHONE 1876 Alexander Graham Bell Impact: Changed communication

FOREVER!

The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was perfected in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison

How would things be different if you didn’t have the light bulb?

SODA 1886 Made when cola syrup and

carbonated water accidently came together.

And clearly Coke is better than Pepsi…..

With the slogan "you press the button, we do the rest," George Eastman put the first simple camera into the hands of a world of consumers in 1888.

How many of you use a camera on a daily basis? Weekly?

Main Ideas

The late 1800s and early 1900s saw all sorts of problems in America

Political CorruptionExtreme Wealth / Extreme

PovertyInequality for women and

minorities

Political Corruption

Political Machines- used legal and illegal methods to get people elected.

“Father used to say, 'They know how you're voting. You can't fool them.' He was a Republican at heart, but he had to vote Democratic in order that they didn't find out and make it difficult for him.”

How to Solve Political Corruption

Corruption+ political machines= bad President Arthur starts reform Gov't jobs are a reward for qualified

people•No more getting jobs because you knew

someone. 10% of job applicants had to pass a

test.

Muckrakers

“Stirred the pot” Wrote and exposed bad things going

on in our country Wrote about political corruption,

Standard Oil's unfair business practices, meatpacking industry, and much more.

Voting Issues

The voting system was a problem too.

17th amendment- vote for senators Recall- remove politicians Initiative- petition for new laws Referendum- approve or reject a law

before its passed

Issues in the Workplace

MAJOR ISSUE of the Progressives Child Labor- factories, mills, mines 1900- 1.75 million child workers Aged 15 and under

DSQ- What is the message of this political cartoon?

How Child Labor was addressed Muckrakers reported about horrible working

conditions for kids•1916 and 1919 congress passed federal child

labor laws•Didn’t do much parents ignored the laws &

children lied about their age

Work Safety Issues

1900- 35,000 people killed in industrial accidents!!!!

2000- 5,931 deaths 1900- 500,000 suffer injuries of some

sort!!!! 1911- Huge Disaster hits NYC

•Work safety laws are passed

Triangle Fire- 1911

Workers•Bad conditions•Low pay•Immigrants•Locked in

Owners•Did not want unions•Wanted maximum

production for extremely low pay

•Didn’t care about the workers

What has changed in the workplace now, versus what happened at the Triangle Factory?

Women’s Issues

Problem in America: half of the people in the country couldn’t vote.

After many years women’s suffrage groups gained the right for women to vote.

19th Amendment

Racial Issues in America

Booker T. Washington Don’t fight racism

directly improve education

He felt if African-Americans were educated they would be able to overcome racism

W.E.B. Du Bois Directly fought

racism Publicized cases of

racism Felt African-

Americans needed to protest

Helped start NAACP

Tenements

Child Poverty

Poverty

Huge problem of poverty in America Progressives wanted to help urban

poor Set up housing and education

centers for poor

Summary

Take out your notebooks and answer this journal question.

Think about everything we went over this week:

1. How would you summarize the early 1900s in America?

2. Are things getting better or worse?

3. How has this affected today?

ISSUES Meatpacking

Child Labor

Triangle Fire

Tenements

Child Poverty

Women’s Suffrage