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Social Justice Reform
The National American Womens Suferage Association was formed arround 1896. At this time women did not have the right to vote and men did. Progressive women wanted change, they did not think it was fair for them not to be able to vote. They used methods like protesting with parades, for example the one in washington DC on March 3rd in 1913 -
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer settlement social worker. She was an active perticipate in the settlement house movement. This was a movement intending to improve social conditions for immigrants and other residents of urban slums. She opened a settlement house called Hull-House. -
H.G Wells
H.G. Wells was a science fiction author. He believed in Darwinism and wrote many of his books on Darwinism. He believed human beings should change from the spiritual to the natural world. H.G.Wells was considered the father of the progressive movement. Wells moved towards change with his unusual ideas. -
Teddy Roosevolt
Teddy Roosevolt was the 26th president of the United States from 1901-1908. Teddy Roosevolt was the first progressive president. He started 44 anti-trust suits against monopoly businesses. Roosevolt got the Meat Inspection Act passed, which insured safer food and the Pure Food and Drug Act, making manufacturers responsible for what they produced. He ran for president again in 1912 but the republicans did not want him because they thought he was too liberal so the progressive party nominated him. -
Business Reform
The Elkins Act in 1903 made it so the railroads could not change rates with out notification. Heavy taxes were put on railroads that offered rebates. Progressives would argure for reform, and this is buisness reform because it is changing the way that buisnesses can price their services. -
Labor Reform
In 1904 the National Child Labor Committee was formed. The Keating-Owen Act was created in 1916. This act prohibited the transportation of goods accross state line if they were manufactured using child labor. Progressives approved of this beause it was pushing twards a better lifestyle for children because young kids should not have to work in factories. -
Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs was the best known socialist in the U.S. He was also the Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America multiple times. He was an American union leader and one of the founding leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World. They believed workers should be united as a social class. The progressive era was about the workers being treated fair and as a union they are able to do that. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was an American author who wrote hundreds of books in many different genres. He was called a muckraker. A muckraker is someone who spreads scandals. Upton Sinclair is best known for his book The Jungle, about the meat packing industry. When people read this they demanded change from the corporate bosses. This caused social reform (the Pure Food and Drug Act was created) which was one of the main goals in the progressive movement. -
Ray Stannard Baker; a muckraker
Ray Stannard Baker was known as a leading muckraker journalist. He co-edited American Magazine. Baker won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Woodrow Wilson in 1940. He wrote about social and economic problems from a liberal perspective. Writing about these probems makes people realize that change is needed, causing people to push for reform. Social and Economical reform was one of the main goals in the progressive era. -
Corrupt Practices Reform
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was to insure that the meat would be pure and not misbranded. This act was passed because buisnesses would sell meat that spoiled, and the conditions that the workers endured were horrifying. Progressives wanted this to change because this was verry unsanitary and bad for the consumer. They wanted the government to monitor the meatpacking business. -
Public Service Reform
The Pure Food and Drug Act was created to halt the sale of contaminated food and medicine. Before this act was passed companys were selling products that were unsanitary. This change made products safer to consume and made people more comfortable to buy the product because they knew what they were getting. Progressives liked this because it was a change that made things safer for the public. -
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes was governor of New York from 1907- 1910. From 1910 to 1916 he was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and in 1916 he was a Republican Presidential candidate. Charles Evan Hughes became the leader of the Progressive movement because of his calls for reform, modernizing state government and increasing the powers of the governor. -
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson served as the 23rd governor of the state of California. In Johnsons terms as Govenor, western California reformers wanted to change the government and wanted to open up politics. The Oregon Plan was created making it able for U.S. Senators to be directly elected. He was the Progressive Party Vice Presidential nominee in 1912 and in 1916, he was elected as a Progressive to the U.S. Senate. -
Robert La Follette
Robert La Follette was an American republican politician. He served on the House Of Representative and was the Governor of Wisconsin. After being bribed by the Republican Party La Follette began organizing an alternate Republican Party which eventually became the Progressive Party. He wanted to get the railroads to try to reduce their costs. -
16th Amendment
The 16th amendment allowes congress to lay and collect taxes on incomes from the states. With these taxes it allowes the government to keep armies, build railroads. and other necessary things. This relates to the progressive era because this is a change in the government to make the state strong and better. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was in congress, served two terms and was appointed Secretary of State and also nominated for President three times. He was the creator of a newspaper named "The Commoner" which was running for 12 years. William Jennings Bryan, not being able to be president helped and worked with progressive president Wilson and helped aid his decisions to fight for a change in the government making it stronger and fought for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. -
The 17th amendment
The 17th amendment established that the sate legislature would no longer elect senators. Now, direct election of the U.S senators by popular votes. The people of the progressive era were constantly looking for change and reform. This amendment gave them the ability to vote for the people they wanted in the senate. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States and was in office from 1913 to 1921. Also Wilson was president of the University of Princeton and the governor of New Jersey. Wilson was a leader in the progressive era because he argued for a stronger central government and fought for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. -
The 18th Amendment
The Amendment 18th established the prohibition of alcohol by making production, selling, importation and transportation illegal. The women wanted their husbands to be home with their family instead of being out drinking at bars. Progressives would want this because it would help the social well being of the people and families as a whole.
