Transcript The Rise of Progressivism

The Rise of Progressivism
Origins of Progressivism
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A call by citizens and government
officials to bring reforms to
Business
 Politics
 Society
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Origins of Progressivism
Only a handful of people enjoyed
wealth
 Immigrants and poor laborers lived
and worked under harsh conditions
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Slums, overcrowded tenements,
dangerous working conditions, poor
health
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Fire broke out on ninth floor of
building
 When employees tried to leave, they
found the doors were locked
 146 women died
 Increased public outcry for reform
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Muckrakers
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Journalists who wrote about the
corrupt side of business and public
life in mass circulation magazines
during the early 20th century
Upton Sinclair
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Wrote The Jungle
which exposed
the sickening
conditions of the
meatpacking
industry
Led to Meat
Inspection Act
and Pure Food
and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
Dictated strict cleanliness
requirements for meatpackers
 Created the program of federal meat
inspection
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Pure Food and Drug Act
Passed by Theodore Roosevelt
 Halted the sale of contaminated food
 Called for truth in labeling
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Ida Tarbell
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Wrote The History
of the Standard Oil
Company
Exposed John D.
Rockefeller’s trust
building tactics
Led to new antitrust legislation
Lincoln Steffens
Wrote The
Shame of the
Cities
 Exposed
corruption in
businesses and
government
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Jacob Riis
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Wrote
How the Other
Half Lives
Exposed slums
and horrible
working
conditions
Jane Addams
Social Gospel
Movement
 Settlement
Houses (Hull
House)
 Improved
women’s labor
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