Chapter 4: The Progressive Era 1890-1920 1865- The Salvation Army was started in London by a Methodist Minister as a street corner mission in the Slums 1889- Salvation Army in NYC: Slum Sisters (2 women) went to tenements to care for the sick I. The Drive for Reform Progressivism: social justice Movement in response to social problems in the 1890s (needed new ideas and efficient honest government A. Origins of Progressivism Came from all walks of life: diff political parties‚ social
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started as a social movement and later turned into a political movement. Sorting out the charismatic progressive leaders of transforming period of late 19th and early 20th century President Theodore Roosevelt‚ 1901-09‚ William Howard Taft‚ 1909-13‚ and Woodrow Wilson‚ 1913-21 were the most influential progressive presidents in the American History. The major accomplishments during the progressive period can be sort out into major five points regarding their consecutive fields Reform in the field
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Progressive Era Reforms From 1900-1920‚ there was an era of reform by progressives‚ and the federal government brought reforms at the national level. This time was very successful in bringing reform at a national level. There were three major groups of reforms‚ Social reforms‚ Economic reforms‚ and political reforms. Socially‚ Women’s suffrage‚ and meat inspection. Economically‚ Trust Busting‚ Income tax and The Federal Reserve Act. Politically‚ the direct election of Senators with the the
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Progressive Movement The Progressive Era began as a social movement but had grown into a political and labor movement as well in the United States‚ from the 1890s to the 1920s. Their roots went as far back as to the Green Labor party and Populist. Although they were made up of different groups‚ the Progressives had one common goal: remove all corruption in the government by using the government itself. They sought to regain the power to the hands of the people from those of interest. Through hard
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President Theodore Roosevelt strongly believed that each and every president should be a true leader. Roosevelt also developed the term of "Muckrakers" and stated his views on them. He also expressed his views on the foreign policy. Roosevelt held true to his beliefs that a president should lead by his actions. Roosevelt accomplished many things during his presidency‚ which implies that he had to have led the country to such success. He took charge by enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act‚ the
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Riis- Early 1900’s muckraker who exposed social and political evils in the U.S. with his novel "How The Other Half Lives". He exposed the poor conditions of tenements. Lincoln Steffens-New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure’s titled "The Shame of the Cities". He unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government. Ida Tarbell-A pioneering journalist who published
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Progressive Movement The Progressive Movement tried to fix the problems brought forth by industrialization after the Civil War in America. Although many American’s benefitted from the new change in the country‚ a good portion of them did not. Some of the issues it attempted to address through the help of muckraker journalists were women and child labor‚ public education and health‚ elimination of governmental corruption‚ product safety‚ treatment of employees‚ and sanitation of work areas. Women
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A muckraker is someone who exposes the unpleasant truths that society likes to pretend don’t exist. Mark Twain was a muckraker. In Twain’s book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ all the grime‚ racism‚ and vulgarity of the South in the mid 1800s‚ is depicted accurately and vividly. The story is set in St. Petersburg‚ Missouri‚ and follows a 13 year old boy‚ Huck‚ as he struggles against society internally to hold on to who he truly is‚ and externally to sneak a family slave up the Mississippi
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The introduction of The Progressive Era and Race: Reaction and Reform‚ by David W. Southern‚ opens with his representation of the Progressive Era and the subsequent American shift from emancipation to segregation that occurred during it. The author uses social history to examine and demonstrate his subject. He argues that “the nation was in fact caught up in a powerful tide of white supremacy at home and imperialism against people of color abroad.” Southern discusses the hopes and expectations
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