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What were the goals of What were the goals of the Progressives?the Progressives?
1.1. To meet the challenges presented by To meet the challenges presented by industrialization and urbanizationindustrialization and urbanization
2.2. To break up the monopolies and restore To break up the monopolies and restore competitioncompetition
3.3. To break the power of political To break the power of political machines and improve democracymachines and improve democracy
4.4. To improve the quality of life for the To improve the quality of life for the people of the United Statespeople of the United States
What were the characteristics of What were the characteristics of the Progressives? Who were they?the Progressives? Who were they?
Urban, middle classUrban, middle class Men and womenMen and women Democrats and Democrats and
RepublicansRepublicans Well educatedWell educated Believers in Believers in
capitalism (not capitalism (not socialism)socialism)
Pragmatic – simple Pragmatic – simple solutions to complex solutions to complex problemsproblems
All levels of All levels of governmentgovernment
Attempted a variety Attempted a variety of reformsof reforms
Optimistic Optimistic
MuckrakersMuckrakers Journalists who attempted to expose the Journalists who attempted to expose the
evils of big business and corrupt evils of big business and corrupt governmentgovernment
The purpose of their reports was to The purpose of their reports was to educate the people about a problem and educate the people about a problem and to encourage them to take actionto encourage them to take action
They were not in the business of They were not in the business of “sensationalizing” the news“sensationalizing” the news
Upton Sinclair Upton Sinclair was a Socialist;was a Socialist;
who said that he “aimed at the country’s heart, but instead, who said that he “aimed at the country’s heart, but instead, hit them in the stomach”hit them in the stomach”
The JungleThe Jungle Exposed the evils in Exposed the evils in the meatpacking the meatpacking industryindustry
Resulted in the Resulted in the passage of the Meat passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Inspection Act and the Pure Food and the Pure Food and Drug ActDrug Act
Ida Tarbell – A History of Ida Tarbell – A History of Standard OilStandard Oil to expose the ruthless practices of John Rockefellerto expose the ruthless practices of John Rockefeller
Jacob Riis – A Muckraking Jacob Riis – A Muckraking PhotojournalistPhotojournalist
Immigrant from Immigrant from DenmarkDenmark
Worked as a police Worked as a police reporter and reporter and photographerphotographer
Most famous work: Most famous work: How the Other Half How the Other Half LivesLives
Lincoln Steffens – The Lincoln Steffens – The Shame of the CitiesShame of the Cities
Told of the political corruption in PhiladelphiaTold of the political corruption in Philadelphia