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Title: The Rise of Progressivism


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The Rise of Progressivism
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Origins of Progressivism
  • A call by citizens and government officials to
    bring reforms to
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Society

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Origins of Progressivism
  • Only a handful of people enjoyed wealth
  • Immigrants and poor laborers lived and worked
    under harsh conditions
  • Slums, overcrowded tenements, dangerous working
    conditions, poor health

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
  • Fire broke out on ninth floor of building
  • When employees tried to leave, they found the
    doors were locked
  • 146 women died
  • Increased public outcry for reform

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Muckrakers
  • Journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of
    business and public life in mass circulation
    magazines during the early 20th century

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Upton Sinclair
  • Wrote The Jungle which exposed the sickening
    conditions of the meatpacking industry
  • Led to Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug
    Act

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Meat Inspection Act
  • Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for
    meatpackers
  • Created the program of federal meat inspection

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Pure Food and Drug Act
  • Passed by Theodore Roosevelt
  • Halted the sale of contaminated food
  • Called for truth in labeling

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Ida Tarbell
  • Wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company
  • Exposed John D. Rockefellers trust building
    tactics
  • Led to new anti-trust legislation

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Lincoln Steffens
  • Wrote The Shame of the Cities
  • Exposed corruption in businesses and government

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Jacob Riis
  • Wrote How the Other Half Lives
  • Exposed slums and horrible working conditions

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Jane Addams
  • Social Gospel Movement
  • Settlement Houses (Hull House)
  • Improved womens labor
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