Read the Article on the Progressive Era

• Take some notes!

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The Gilded Age and Progressive Reform

Reform in the Gilded Age Main Idea: Many Americans sought to fight corruption by ending the spoils system and controlling big business.

Progressives and Political Reform Main Idea: Political reformers called Progressives worked to give more power to voters and expose social problems.

The Muckrackers

Main Idea: By exposing corruption and other problems, journalists won public support for Progressive reform.

Click on the link below to learn more about Muckrackers, take some notes or write some reactions:H:\11th Grade\Unit 5 Late 1800- Early 1900\Progressives\Muckrakers [ushistory_org].mht

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The Progressive Presidents

The First Progressive President Main Idea: Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to support limits on the power of business. He would become known as a strike breaker, a trust buster, and a conservationist

 The Square Deal Main Idea: Roosevelt’s program of Progressive reform included measures to conserve natural resources and protect consumers.

Taft and Wilson

Main Idea: Roosevelt’s successors also promoted reforms.

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The Rights of Women

Women Win the Vote Main Idea: After more than 70 years of effort, American women won the right to vote in all elections.

New Opportunities for Women Main Idea: During the Progressive Era, women fought for access to jobs and education.

The Crusade Against Alcohol

Main Idea: Temperance supporters won passage of a constitutional amendment banning alcohol.

Prohibition Era would not last long

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Struggles for Justice

African Americans Main Idea: African American leaders took different approaches to the problems of segregation and discrimination.

Mexican Americans Main Idea: The growing Mexican American population faced prejudice but found support in close-knit communities.

Asian Americans Main Idea: As large numbers of immigrants arrived from Japan, some Americans called for limits on Japanese immigration.

Religious Minorities

Main Idea: Immigration also led to increased prejudice against Jews and Roman Catholics.

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Who got left behind?

• Minorities-blacks, Mexicans, Native Americans, Immigrants, etc

• NAACP-created to keep fighting the good fight on behalf of blacks, who were still struggling post Civil War to improve their lives

• Japanese: Americans resented their success so we limited their immigration quota and blamed them for our problems, hmm, that sounds familiar too…

• And the working class, it got better but still wasn’t great

• Women, well they could vote but what about jobs, wages, and education….