Ch. 17 – The Progressives Respond/EQ: Who were the Progressives, and how did they address the problems they
saw?
17.3 – Progressives Fight for Social Reforms
Problem
 poor living conditions
 garbage in the
 streets
 children working instead of
attending school
 unfair treatment in the justice
system
 dangerous work
 conditions
Progressive Solutions
 provide safer
 housing
 make cities cleaner
 keep children out of factories and in
school improve the justice system
 provide safer working conditions
17.4 – Progressives Push for Social Reform
Problem
 corrupt local government
 bribery of elected officials
 political machines controlled
elections
 corrupt state government
 average citizens lacked power
Progressive Solutions
 improve city government
 elect reform-minded mayors
 restructure city government
 improve the election process
 electreform-minded governors
17.5 – Progressives Confront Social Inequality
Problem
 lack of suffrage for women
 no voice for women in local
and state government
 racism against African
Americans
 disenfranchisement of African
 Americans
 lynching of African Americans
Progressive Solutions
 demonstrate for women’s suffrage
 work to gain suffrage state by state
 use the courts to fight against racism
 publish articles supporting rights of
African Americans
 call attention to lynching
Enacted Reforms
 Tenement House Act
 city trash collectors (White Wings)
 child labor laws;
 National Child Labor Committee
 creation of new high schools
 establishment of a juvenile justice
system
 limits on work hours for women (upheld
in Muller v.
 Oregon); workers’ compensation laws
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Enacted Reforms
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establishment of a minimum wage for city
workers
improvement of city services
expansion of parks and playgrounds
creation of city managers and city
commission
adoption of the secret ballot, direct primary,
recall, initiative, and referendum
limit power of railroads
implementation of eight-hour workday for
women
Enacted Reforms
 full voting rights for women in 16 states
by 1918
 formation of the NAACP
 the NAACP published The Crisis
 Ida B. Wells-Barnett published The
Memphis Free Speech
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