Progressive Movement

David Bee

TimKang

The Progressive Movement

• The Progressive Movement was initiated as a response to political and corporate abuses at the turn of the Twentieth Century.

• Religious groups, members of the press, and radical political groups all wanted reform, all with different solutions.

• President Theodore Roosevelt supported the movement by embracing environmental conservation. (www.regentsprep.org)

Advantages of the Progressive Movement

• Because of the working law reforms during the time of the movement there is now safe and clean conditions in work places.

• Education levels increased.• The Pure Food and Drug administration was

established. (http://www.theboldpursuit.com)• Woman gained the right to vote.

Disadvantages of the Progressive

Movement• It created the Federal Reserve• Significant increases in immigration • The proliferation of labor unions• Sheppard - Towner Act of 1921 is considered the

precursor to the modern-day abortion issue.(http://www.theboldpursuit.com)

Legacy of Women of the Progressive

Movement• Women in the Progressive Era achieved many

important reforms.• Their most concrete victory was the passage of

the 19th Amendment, enfranchising women. • In the 1920s, the reform movement lost steam,

and conspicuous consumption. However, when the Great Depression hit in the 1930s, Americans again became interested in reform. (www.nwhm.org)

New Amendments of the Progressive

Movement• 16th (1913) amendment granted Congress the power

to tax income.• 17th (1913) amendment provided for the direct

election of U.S. Senators.• 18th (1919) amendment prohibited making, selling, or

transporting alcohol.• 19th (1920) amendment provided women suffrage.

Muckrakers in the Progressive Movement• Muckrakers: Journalists who wrote in-depth,

investigative stories that exposed the problems of urban society

• Henry Demarest Lloyd:  Exposed corruption and greed in the Standard Oil Monopoly

• Jacob Riis : Exposed the difficulties of tenement life

• Theodore Dreiser:  Novels portrayed greed and ruthlessness of industrialists

• Lincoln Steffens: Also described corruption in urban politics in his article: Shame of the Cities

Theodore Roosevelt as a Progressive

President• Roosevelt was the first president to enforce the

Sherman Anti-Trust Act• Convinced Congress to pass two laws that

strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission

• Protection of natural resources• Roosevelt promised a “square deal” between

business and labor• Protection of natural resources• Was a very handsome man.

Work Cited• "The Pros and Cons of Progressivism in America - JWT's Journal - theboldpursuit.com." Home -

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• "[Regents Prep U.S. History] Reform: Progressive Era Reform." Oswego City School District Regents Exam Prep Center. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/ushis

• "Women in the Progressive Era." National Women's History Museum - NWHM. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/legacy.html>.

• "The Progressive Era 1901-1918."http://teacherpages.nhcs.net/. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2013. <teacherpages.nhcs.net/schools/hhs/billym