REFORMS & REFORMERS
Unit 2Lesson 5
(Sections 18.1 – 18.4)
Objectives
Identify major problems in industry, urban areas, politics, and society that resulted from industrialization.
Cite specific reforms that were implemented to address these issues.
Create a political cartoon that highlights a key piece of progressive legislation.
Warm Up
Identify 2 of the 4 goals of the Progressive Movement.
Protect social welfare Promote moral
development Create economic
reform Rid government of
corruption
Review
Origins? Populist Mvmt
Issues? Effects of rapid
industrialization & urbanization
Expose? Muckrakers
Conditions Demand Reform
Reform Jigsaw Activity Urbanization Politics Industry Society
Directions Groups of 4 – 1 problem per person “Problems” get together Back to group of 4 to share “ Problems” back together, then do the same
with reforms & reformers Back to group of 4 to share
Industry
Problems Monopolies/trusts Lack union Price fixing Conditions Hours Child/women Product quality No interstate regs Low wages
Reforms Anti-trust Acts Collective Bargaining ICC and FTC Safety (fire) Accident Comp 8 hr day Min wage No child labor (14-16) Conservation
resources
Industry
Reformers Ida Tarbell – History of Standard Oil Upton Sinclair – The Jungle Eugene Debs - Socialists Florence Kelley – Child labor, hrs, sweatshops Mother Jones – org unions of workers (IWW) Teddy Roosevelt
Politics
Problems Machines & bosses Graft & kickbacks Corruption Patronage Election fraud Influence industry Lack women’s
voice
Reforms Home rule Commission/council Initiative Referendum Recall Secret ballot Direct primary Civil service 17th Amend 19th Amend
Politics
Reformers Robert LaFollette – Progressive Gov Lincoln Steffens – The Shame of the Cities Thomas Nast – poly cartoonist in NYC Suffragists – (Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton) Lucretia Mott & Carrie Chapman Catt Teddy Roosevelt
Urban
Problems Immigration Overcrowding Tenements/slums Sanitation Water Crime & violence Poverty Health & disease
Reforms Quotas Building codes City services Playgrounds &
parks Police & fire Public transport Community
centers Free K
Urban
Reformers Jacob Riis – How the Other Half Lives
Social
Problems Discrimination Alcoholism Gambling Crime & violence Child Labor Prostitution Disease Pollution
Reforms NAACP Temperance & 18th
Amend YMCA & Salvation
Army Free K – citizenship
& literacy Ethnic social clubs &
settlement houses Conservation
Social
Reformers Jane Addams – Hull House Gifford Pinchot – conservation Booker T Washington– African American
vocational training WEB DuBois – African American legal rights
Activity 2
In your groups, create a political cartoon that highlights the piece of legislation you were given.
Closure
How successful were Progressives in achieving each of their four goals?