Progressive Period Individual Reformers (Muckrakers) Social Reformers Political Reformers Ch. 21.
Early Progressive Reformers
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Early Progressive Reformers
Section 5.2
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Today’s Agenda
• Current Events• 5.2 Slide Show• Presentations
– Walter Rauschenbusch– Florence Kelly– Mother Jones
• Homework– Quiz on Progressivism this Friday
• 50 Points
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At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
• Identify – Walter Raschenbush and the Social Gospel– Florence Kelley– Mother Jones– Ida Tarbell
• Define muckraker
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Review Progressivism
• How is reform different from revolution?
• What is progressivism?
• What was their philosophy?
• Who was George Washington Plunkitt?
• How did immigration change after 1890?
• What problems did immigrants face?
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Birth of Progressivism
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How did Riis and Hine inform the public about the ills of the Industrial Revolution?
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Who were the muckrakers?• Investigative reporters
who wanted to expose the ‘dirt’ of the Industrial Revolution
• Used careful research, vivid writing, moral outrage
• McClure's, Collier’s, Cosmopolitan
• Attacked big business, corrupt political machines, even Churches that ran filthy tenements
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Who was Ida Tarbell?
• Muckraker who exposed the ruthless business practices of Standard Oil
• Interviewed the director of S.O. for 2 years
• 19 part series ran in McClure’s magazine
• Led to breakup of Standard Oil as a trust in 1911
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Muckrakers
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What was the social gospel movement?• Religious movement which
called on Christians to help the poor to overcome social problems– Be Christian by doing
not just by praying• Walter Rauschenbusch
– Hell’s Kitchen– Society, not man, is
depraved– Competition of laissez-
faire economics turns nice people into animals
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Who was Florence Kelley?• Progressive activist
concerned with child labor• “Why are seals, bears,
reindeer, fish , wild game …all suitable for federal protection, but not children?”
• Secretary of National Consumers League
• Identified products made by child labor or by workers in unsanitary conditions
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Who was Mother Jones?• Mary Harris• radical progressive miners and
children• Founder of the UMWA, Arnot, PA• Took textile mill job to check
conditions• Children’s Crusade – 1903
– 300 children march 125-mile journey from Philadelphia to NYC
• Detoured to Roosevelt’s Summer House
• Made public speeches- Raised Awareness
• Roosevelt refused to meet them• Public awareness, increased
media coverage• "I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-
raiser.“
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What controversial issues do you think need to be muckraked?