Chapter 9Section 1

The Origins of Progressivism

4 Goals of Progressivism• #1 protecting social welfare• Social Gospel Movement• YMCA, Salvation Army• Florence Kelley- family advocate helps to pass Illinois Factory Act

4 Goals of Progressivism• #2 Promoting Moral Improvement• Prohibition• Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)• Expanded to education, promoting suffrage, helping inmates

4 Goals of Progressivism• #3 Creating Economic Reform• Eugene V. Debs organizes American Socialist Party commenting on

uneven balance of wealth• Muckrakers- journalists who wrote about corruption in business

4 Goals of Progressivism• #4 Fostering Efficiency• Scientific management – the application of scientific principles to

increase efficiency in the workplace• Frederick Winslow Taylor

Reform at the State Level• Reform Governors• Robert M. LaFollette helped to control Railroads• Taxed at same rate as other businesses, set up a commission to

regulate rates

Reform at the State Level• Protecting Working Children• 1904 National Child Labor Committee gathers evidence, works with

unions, and organizes exhibitions• Goal is get states to pass laws that banned child labor

Reform at the State Level• Efforts to Limit Working Hours• Muller v. Oregon- 10 hour work day for women• Bunting v. Oregon- 10 hour work day for men• Workers’ compensation

Reform at the State Level• Reforming Elections• Initiative – a bill originated by the people• Referendum – a popular vote on the initiative• Recall- enabled voters to remove public officials from elected

positions

Reform at the State Level• Direct Election of Senators• 1912 Seventeenth Amendment- popular election of senators to force

them to be more responsive to the public