Discussion(
(
•  Think(about(your(experiences(as(a(high(school(
student(at(SVHS.(((
–  What(are(some(of(the(issues(you(face(that(you(
think(should(be(exposed?((
–  What(are(some(of(your(daily(experiences(that(you(
wish(other(people(new(about?(((
•  Discuss(some(of(these(possible(topics(with(
your(partner.((
The(Progressive(Era(
4"Goals"of"Progressivism"
•  Protect(Social(Welfare(
–  YMCA,(SeHlement(Houses(
•  Promote(Moral(
Improvement(
–  18th(Amendment:(
ProhibiMon(
•  Create(Economic(Reform(
–  QuesMon(capitalism(aPer(
economic(panic(
•  Foster(Efficiency(
–  ScienMfic(Management(
New"Opportuni7es"for"Women"
•  Work(Force(
–  Farm(Jobs(
–  Industry(Jobs(
–  DomesMc(Jobs(
•  Leaders(of(Reform(
–  Higher(EducaMon(
–  NACW((NaMonal(
AssociaMon(of(Colored(
Women)(
–  NAWSA((NaMonal(American(
Women(Suffrage(
AssociaMon)((
Muckrakers"
•  InvesMgaMve(reporters(
uncovering(corrupMon(
(
•  Exposed(govt.(
corrupMon,(pracMces(of(
big(business(&(
condiMons(in(factories(
(
•  Ida(Tarbell,(Lincoln(
Steffens,(Upton(Sinclair(
Popular(PasMmes(
•  Ordinary(people(achieved(
leisure(for(first(Mme(in(
American(history(
•  Spectator(pasMmes(
included(baseball,((
football,(movies,(concerts(
•  Popular(music:(Sousa(
marches,(ragMme,(blues,(
jazz,(vaudeville(
•  Light(reading(included(
romance,(detecMve,(
science_ficMon(novels((
Teddy"Roosevelt"(1901_1909)(
•  “Square(Deal”(
–  Era(of(progressive(reforms(to(
protect(people(from(big(
business(
•  Ended(1902(Coal(Strike(
•  Increased(govt.(regulaMon(of(
railroads(
•  1906:(Meat(InspecMon(Act/
Pure(Food(and(Drug(Act(
•  ConservaMonist(
–  148(million(acres(of(forest(
reserves(
•  Civil(Rights(
–  Very(liHle(done(to(promote(
racial(equality(
Woodrow"Wilson"(1913_1921)(
•  Financial(Reforms(
–  Clayton(AnM_trust(Act:(prevents(
monopolies(
–  Federal(Trade(Commission(
(FTC):(financial(industry/stock(
market(“watchdog”(
–  Income(tax(on(corporaMons(&(
individuals(
–  Established(Federal(Reserve(
System(
(
•  Sets(Civil(Rights(Back((
–  Opposed(anM_lynching(laws(
–  Federal(offices(resume(pracMce(
of(segregaMon((
–  Opposed(women’s(suffrage(