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The Progressives Reform

The Progressives Reform. Primary Source Analysis. Read excerpts of The Jungle with partners, make inferences, connections, and a prediction. Reform. Progressives: reformers who were committed to improving the living and working conditions in American life. HOW? Promote social welfare

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The Progressives Reform

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  1. The Progressives Reform

  2. Primary Source Analysis • Read excerpts of The Jungle with partners, make inferences, connections, and a prediction.

  3. Reform • Progressives: reformers who were committed to improving the living and working conditions in American life. • HOW? • Promote social welfare • Protect the environment • Make government more efficient…less corruption/waste and more democratic…all people should be involved in decision making for the United States.

  4. Who were they? • White, middle class, and college educated • Many were women • Belief in the nation’s founding ideals • Democracy, Opportunity, Liberty, Equality, etc…

  5. What was the progressive philosophy?What did they believe? • Defended rights of average citizens against the power of big business. • Political: participation and protection of the government • Economic: safe working conditions, fair wages • Social: some assistance to economically disadvantaged and better living conditions in tenement houses and slums

  6. Visual Decode • Pg. 708 Jane Addams and Fellow Pacifists, 1915 Pacifism is… Other people in history who have used pacifism are… Women might support pacifism because… • Pg.712 Out of Work and the Reason Why, 1899 The Temperance Movement wanted to…....because they believe……... Alcohol may threaten the stability of a family because…

  7. Visual Decode • Pg. 716 Sausage Making, ca. 1906 The conditions in slaughterhouses were…….which tells me that……….. The Meat Inspection Act affects me because…….. • If you have time: Choose another photograph in Ch. 28 This photograph reminds me of…….. This photograph is connected to the title of the chapter because…….

  8. Reject Social Darwinism Social Darwinists Progressives • Americans are harmed when monopolies controlled the economy and the government was laissez faire (hands off) with big business. • Believed that the fittest people and businesses would succeed and be the most successful and others would fall behind.

  9. Solutions • Progressives want the governmentto solve society’s problems. • Balance needs and interests of business owners and workers. • Aid should go to needy people who were willing to help themselves. • Use political action to achieve reform.

  10. Exit Slip • Who were the progressives and what did they believe and try to achieve?

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