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WARM UP QUESTION

What was The Jungle?

a.A nickname given to the Philippines by US soldiers who fought there

b.The title of a book by Jacob Riis that described horrible living conditions of the immigrants.

c.A title of a secret telegram send from Germany to Mexico

d.A novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry

MORE CHANGES WITH THE PROGRESSIVE ERATo Review: What are the 3 changes to

the election process we discussed yesterday?

1. Initiative

2. Referendum

3. Recall

AND MORE REVIEW

One more big change to elections was the 17th Amendment. It allowed for the direct election of senators!

WOMEN PROGRESSIVES

They focused on needs of the poor, the temperance movement, and women’s suffrage.

JANE ADDAMS

“The mother of social work.” was her nickname

She opened Hull House.

Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago. It provided assistance to immigrants and the poor. It was a house for activists in the area to live.

THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

Temperance is the movement to limit and eventually remove the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol.

Leaders were churchgoers and women.

Carrie Nation was a leading member of the movement. She would enter saloons and smash bottles of liquor while people sang church hymns.

Result: In 1918 the 18th Amendment was passed. It prohibited the sale, production, and consumption of alcohol.

WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE

Because of the involvement with abolitionism, and prohibition women finally were successful in gaining the right to vote!

Leaders of the movement:

-Susan B. Anthony (Seneca Falls Convention)

-established NAWSA National American Woman Suffrage Association

-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

In 1920 result was the 19th Amendment.

19TH AMENDMENT

All female citizens in the United States have the right to vote

AFRICAN AMERICAN PROGRESSIVESJim Crow laws passed after the Civil War caused

segregation of blacks and whites.

The United States Supreme Court , in 1896, upheld the constitutionality of the Jim Crows in the case Plessy v. Ferguson.

The case established the doctrine known as “ Separate but Equal!”

THE NAACPA large group of progressives joined together and

created the NAACP.

NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

NAACP wanted equal treatment for African Americans. Eventually they were able to get Plessy V. Ferguson overturned!

AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIPAn important figure of the Progressive Movement for

African Americans was W.E.B. DuBois.

-He was a Harvard Graduate

-Founded NAACP

-Wanted African Americans to be politically, socially, and legally active

-Wanted immediate change and acceptance of African Americans

LIVING CONDITIONSPoor urban laborers and immigrants continue to suffer in

terrible living conditions.

These were exposed in a book by immigrant Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives.

New York became the first state to pass laws aimed at improving urban tenements.

WORKING CONDITIONSAn event that contributed to the need for workplace

reforms, also known as labor laws was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

March 25, 1911

Fire broke out, the exit doors were locked to keep employees from stealing, fire killed 146 people and caused a need for change!