Progressive Movement
America’s Response to
Industrialization
The Century: America’s Time
Seeds of Change: 2 of 3Start @ 1:47 - Stop at 8:20
- Steel Mills
- Child Labor
-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
- Progressive Movement
- Women’s Suffrage
Progressive…What does it mean?
• What is the root word in Progressive?
• Progress : Steady improvement, as of a society or civilization
• Does Progress have a prefix?
• Pro = Positive
What groups in America needed help?
Immigrants
Child Laborers
Factory Workers
Women
K. Negative Effects of
Industrialization:
Child
Labor
Long Work
Hours & Low
Wages
Unsafe
Working
Conditions
Child Labor”Children were useful as laborers because their size allowed them to move in
small spaces in factories or mines where adults couldn't fit, children were easier to
manage and control and perhaps most importantly, children could be paid less
than adults. Child laborers often worked to help support their families, but were
forced to forgo an education.”
- History Channel
Video: History Channel
“The Fight to End Child Labor”
Unsafe Working Conditions
-Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, New York
Introduction to Labor Unions:
Click on TV for
Intro Video
How did workers gain power to
change their working conditions?
1. Formation of Labor Unions– Growth of the American
Federation of Labor (AFL)
– “ …the AFL focused on securing
for its members higher wages,
better working conditions, and a
shorter work week.”
L.
The History of
Labor Day
How did workers gain power to
change their working conditions?
2. Strikes– The Homestead Strike
http://www.history.com/topics/homestead-strike/videos#homestead-strike
L.
Labor Unions
& Strikes:
M. Progressive Movement Reforms
Improved Safety
Conditions in the
workplace
Reduced
Work Hours
Placed
Restrictions
on Child
Labor
Progressive
REFORMS
How Women’s Roles Began to
Change During the late 1800’s:
Responsibilities at home lessened as families
became smaller, children spent time at school, and
men worked away from home.
Labor saving products also made doing housework
easier. Washing Machine
Electric Stoves
Water Pumps
How Women’s Roles Began to
Change During the late 1800’s:
More middle class women were becoming better
educated
Women were starting careers…though mostly
limited to:
Teaching
Nursing
Between 1890 and 1910, the number of women
working outside the home increased from 4 million
to 7.5 million!
Even though life was improving, life in
America was still tough for women…
The main role for most women was to take care of
the home…
domesticity = home life or the devotion to it
Women could not have custody of their children
They could not own property
Fathers, husbands, brothers, and even sons were in
charge of making decisions for most women
No Vote… so, no ability to change anything
Women’s Suffrage Movement:
Some groups thought
giving women more
rights would upset
society’s “natural
balance” and would lead
to divorce and neglected
children.
Women’s Suffrage Movement:
Caption: “What, Dinner Not Ready Yet! What Have You Been Doing?”
Women’s Suffrage Movement:
Between 1910-1913, five
states gave women the right
to vote:
Utah
Idaho
Washington (state)
California
Michigan
Kansas
Oregon
Arizona
Suffragists protested,
marched, led hunger strikes,
and more to demand the right
to vote!
N. Women’s Suffrage – NOTES
1. Increased Educational Opportunities for Women
2. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were key
leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
3. Attained Voting Rights: Women gained the right to vote
with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States of America.
N. Women’s Suffrage
Women’s suffrage
parade down Fifth
Avenue in NYC
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Susan B.
Anthony
More Progressive Changes…
Anti-Alcohol Movement
Progressive reformers wanted to ban
alcohol for social reasons; others
wanted to ban it for religious or moral
reasons
O. Temperance Movement - NOTES
1. The Temperance Movement was
composed of groups who wanted
to outlaw the making and
consuming of alcohol.
Supported the 18thAmendment which
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or
transport
of alcoholic beverages
O. Temperance Movement
2. The Temperance Movement supported the 18th
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and
transport of alcoholic beverages.
http://www.history.com/topics/18th-and-21st-
amendments/videos#america-goes-dry-with-prohibition
What happened AFTER the 18th
Amendment was passed?
See the
PROHIBITION
Presentation to
find out…
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