What Was The Progressive Movement

Matt Furman
Coach Mutz
History Block G
20 November 2014
Chapter 9 Reading Assignment
Section 1: The Origins of Progressivism

Four Goals of Progressivism
• What was the progressive movement and what did it aim to do?

Protecting Social Welfare
• Who was Florence Kelley and what did she advocate for?

Promoting Moral Improvement
• What was the Prohibition and what led up to it?

Creating Economic Reform
• What were muckrakers?

Fostering Efficiency
• Who coined the scientific management?

Reform Governors
• Why was Robert M. La Follette an important figure under the progressive Republican party?

Reforming Elections
• What was the initiative?

• What is the referendum’s relationship with initiative?

• What is a recall?
The progressive movement was the movement that included intellectuals questioning the role of large corporations in American society.
a. The progressive movement sought to restore the economic opportunities to all as well as to correct injustices in American society.

I. Florence Kelley was a woman who was inspired by settlement houses to take action.
a. She became an advocate for improving the lives of women as well as children.

I. The Prohibition was the banning of all alcoholic beverages in the United States.
a. The reformers wanted immigrants and those of the lower class to improve their behavior (morale), so they implemented this program.

I. Muckrakers were magazines that were written by journalist that covered the corrupt side of business and public life during the early 20th century.

I. Frederick Winslow Taylor began using time and motion studies to improve business efficiency, also known as scientific management.

I. Robert M. La Follette led the way in regulating big business; he served 3 terms as governor and sought to drive out corporations from politics.

I. The initiative was a bill created by the people, rather than the
The referendum was basically a vote on the initiative proposed by the people.

I. A recall was a procedure that allowed voters to remove public officials from elected positions through another election.

I. The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, allowed senators to be the law of the land.

This section focused primarily on the early goals of the progressive movement itself, and how they sought to push these ideas through. The progressive era saw the change of business and politics, which were mentioned in this section as well. Finally, the end part of this section was geared toward the laws and procedures implemented as a result of the movement, which both had a negative and positive impact on the United