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define progressive era |
a time when many americans took notice of the social problems and tried to improve society |
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what time period is the progressive era? |
roughly 1890 to WWI it marked the end of the gilded age with its graft and corruption |
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goals of the progressives |
1. end laissez-faire (ppl find loopholes) 2. end abuses of monopolistic power w/ antitrust legislation (sherman anti trust act) 3.make gov more responsive (constitutional amendments) 4. limit power of party bosses (end gov abuse of power) |
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what are some things the progressives wanted to end/start? |
•political reform •immigration restrictions •prohibition •end child labor •anti-trust org. •women's suffrage •rate regulation of private utilities •assimilation of immigrants •end urban pol machines •end to white slavery/prostitution/sweat shops |
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muckrakers |
meaning they scrape up muck. they were the journalistic voice of the progressives. (they made cheap magazines etc) |
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what happened in response to Sinclair's 'The Jungle?' |
people were angry/disgusted. roosevelt passes: •pure food and drug act •meat inspection act |
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meat inspection act |
required fed inspection of meat sold through interstate commerce and required the ag dept to set standards of cleanliness in meat packing |
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pure food and drug act |
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food |
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what are the 3 progressive social reforms? |
1. temperance movement (WCTU and anti-saloon league) ppl that want to get rid of alcohol 2. 18th amendment (prohibition-the volstead act enforced this) 3. mann act (1910) illegal to bring women into US or across state lines for immoral purposes |
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child labor |
•worked in factories and mines (breaker boys picked slay out of coal and were paid 60 cents a day-this made their backs permanently bent and hands crippled) •forced to work, to help fam (they could get in places adults couldn't) |
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children's bureau |
1912. an agency that investigated/exposed child labor. similar agencies exist today. legislation pushed through to set a min age for employment and max hrs worked |
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social gospel movement |
felt it was their social responsibility for others well being. |
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jane addams |
opened hull house a community center where life skills were taught. she was a part of the social gospel movement |
