Progressive Movement Progress in what areas

Progressive Movement Progress in what areas?

• The desire to remove corruption from government through the taming of bosses and political machines; • the effort to include more people more directly in the political process; • the belief that government must play a role to solve social problems and establish fairness in economic matters.

WHO WAS INVOLVED? UPTON SINCLAIR IDA TARBELL MUCKRAKERS LINCOLN STEFFENS

Muckrakers - name applied to American journalists, novelists, and critics who in the 20 th century attempted to expose the abuses of business and the corruption in politics.

REFORM IN GOVERNMENT - child labor laws - 10 hour workday - worker’s compensation - 17 th Amendment – direct election of senators

WOMEN OCCUPATIONS

Women Higher Education Smith College Wellesley College

Women’s Suffrage

Susan B. Anthony National Women Suffrage Association Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Teddy Roosevelt

Trustbusting

-Strict Clean Requirements -Created Federal Meat Inspections

Pure Food and Drug Act -Halted Sale of Contaminated Food and Medicines -Called for Truth in Labeling

"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country

Civil Rights Desegregation In 1899, while Governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt pushed a bill desegregating state schools. First African-American entertained at the White House In 1901, right after he was sworn in as President after the death of President William Mc. Kinley, he invited Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute to the White House for a meeting. The meeting ran late, and TR invited Mr. Washington to dinner. This was the first time that an African-American was entertained at the White House as a guest. "the North and the South act in just the same way toward the Negro”