Section 1: The Gilded Age

Section 2: Progressive Ideas

Section 3: Reforming the Workplace

Section 4: Women’s Suffrage and Temperance

Section 5: Minorities Fight for Change

CHAPTER 8

The Spirit of Reform

SECTION 1

The Gilded Age

Question:How did the appointment of federal officials change during the late 1800s?

SECTION 1

Appointment of government jobs in late 1800s

• jobs granted by spoils system

• many unqualified individuals appointed to positions

Appointment of jobs after Pendleton Civil Service Act

• jobs appointed by exam and merit system

• under control of the Civil Service Commission

The Gilded Age

SECTION 2

Progressive Ideas

Question:How did progressives address the country’s social problems?

SECTION 2

Progressive Ideas

Social Problem

States pass laws requiring school attendance, started kindergarten programs, developed high school programs with courses in job training.

Reform

Childhood Education

Medical Education The AMA was reorganized.

SECTION 3

Reforming the Workplace

Question:How did labor organize to improve the workplace?

SECTION 3

Reforming the Workplace

Ways that labor organized toimprove workingconditions

Ways that labor organized toimprove workingconditions

• Some unions pushed for capitalism or socialism.

• Some unions pushed for capitalism or socialism.

• Other unions held strikes.

• Other unions held strikes.

SECTION 4

Women’s Suffrage and Temperance

Question:What new educational opportunities for women developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and what were the results?

SECTION 4

Women’s Suffrage and Temperance

Opportunity

Many women were able to Attend colleges and universities.

Result

Many female graduates found it difficult to get jobs in male-dominated professions. Many women joined social clubs.

NEW EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENNEW EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN

Minorities Fight for Change

Question:How did immigration change for Chinese Americans and Mexican Americans during the Progressive Era?

SECTION 5

Minorities Fight for Change

SECTION 5

Immigration Changes for Chinese and Mexican AmericansImmigration Changes for Chinese and Mexican Americans

Chinese immigration slowed because of laws restricting Chinese entering the United States.

Mexican immigration rose because Mexicans could freely enter the United States.

Chapter Wrap-Up

CHAPTER 8

1. What was the significance of the ruling in Lochner v. New York?

2. Why did women form the National American Woman Suffrage Association?

3. How did African Americans try to gain equal rights in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

1. What was the significance of the ruling in Lochner v. New York?

2. Why did women form the National American Woman Suffrage Association?

3. How did African Americans try to gain equal rights in the late 1800s and early 1900s?