Goal 7 - The Progressive Movement
The Progressive Movement in the United States (1890-1914) - The learner will analyze the economic, social, and political reforms of the Progressive Period.
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Objective 7.01
Objective 7.02
Objective 7.03
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Objective 7.04
7.01 Explain the conditions that led to the rise of Progressivism. 7.02 Analyze how different groups of Americans made economic and political gains in the Progressive Period. 7.03 Evaluate the effects of racial segregation on different regions and segments of the United States' society. 7.04 Examine the impact of technological changes on economic, social, and cultural life in the United States.
- Immigration and urban poor - Working conditions - Unequal distribution of wealth - Corruption and ineffectiveness of government - Emergence of Social Gospel
* Muckraking * Ida Tarbell * Lincoln Steffens * Upton Sinclair * Jacob Riis * Urban slums * Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire * Jack Norris
-The roles of the Progressive presidents: * Roosevelt * Taft *Wilson - The changing nature of state and local governments - The growing power of the electorate - The impact of political and economic changes on the working class - The changing roles and influence of women
* Jane Addams/Hull House * 16th Amendment * 17th Amendment * 18th Amendment (Volstead Act) * 19th Amendment * Carrie A. Nation * Anthracite Coal Strike * Sherman Anti-Trust Act * Northern Securities v U.S.,1904 * American Tobacco v U.S., 1911 * US v EC Knight & Co, 1895 * Payne Aldrich Tariff, 1909 * Mann Act * Elkins Act * Robert LaFollette * Election of 1912 * Progressive/Bull Moose Party * Federal Reserve Act * Clayton Anti-Trust Act * Forms of Government: -Commission -Council -City-Manager
- Disenfranchisement - African-American responses to Jim Crow - Segregated Society
* Plessey v Ferguson, 1896 * Booker T. Washington * W.E.B. Dubois * Ida Wells Barnett * Great Migration * Niagara Movement * Atlanta Compromise Speech * The NAACP * Nationwide lynching * Disenfranchisement * Literacy test * Poll taxes * Grandfather clauses * De jure segregation * De facto segregation * Jim Crow Laws * The Crisis * Marcus Garvey/�Back to Africa� Movement * Tuskegee Institute * 1924 Native American Suffrage Act * Civil rights * Ku Klux Klan
- Industrial innovations � New technology � Production processes - Emergence of advertising and consumerism
* Wright brothers * Movie Camera * Coca Cola * Ford�s Innovations: - $5 day - Assembly line - Model T - Workers as consumers * Electricity * Mail order catalogs * Skyscrapers * Kodak cameras * Airline service * Sewing machine * Mass Culture