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1890 - 1913
Known for the most influential thinkers/activists to improve US society. |
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| Who were the Progressive Era thinkers? |
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| Middle class, white, American men and women who shared a concern about threats to their society |
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| They believed that threats came from industrialization and urbanization. |
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| What increased since the end of the Civil War (1865)? |
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| The Number of people living in cities majorly increased since the end of the civil war. |
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| What 2 problems were caused by the end of the Industrial Revolution? |
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1. People crowded into tenement houses
2. The factory system was developed |
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| Why were those two things problematic? |
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1.) People crowded into tenement houses
a. Sometimes many families in one home
b. Rodent-infested rooms
c. Lack of sewage removal
d. Practically nonexistent public healthcare programs and facilities.
2.) Factory system was developed
a. Highly dangerous
b. Little to no protection for employees
c. No care for families of hurt, maimed, or killed employees |
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| Immigration to America grew from which two places? |
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| What did the increased immigration cause? |
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| Higher immigration caused ethnic and racial tensions to grow. |
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| What did progressive activists pressure governmental bodies to fix? |
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| Areas of labor protection, health care services, urban living, and environmental protection. |
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| What became very common by the end of the 19th century? |
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Child Labor.
4 million children ages 10-15 made up a good part of the nation's workforce by the early 20th century. |
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| What did more children working lead to? |
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| More kids at work --> more children injured/killed at work |
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| How were the child workers treated? |
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| What were the reactions of parents and employer's to the Child Labor Laws? |
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| They protested it. Parents needed the money, employers needed the cheap workers. |
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| What were the progressives labeled as? |
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| "child savers" - due to their efforts of enforcing the Child Labor Laws |
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| When did something finally get done about the Child Labor Laws? |
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Eventually some restrictions were restored.
Nations first workers' compensation law passed in Ny in 1911 |
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| What woman is best known for leading the Progressive Era? |
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-Born into Privilege
-Founded Hull House
-Won Nobel Peace Prize |
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-Established in 1889 in Chicago
-Rid many immigrants of suffering
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| When and by who were Progressive ideas brought to the government? |
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| Progressive ideas were brought to government by Teddy Roosevelt once he became president in 1901. |
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| What was accomplished by bringing the progressive ideas to government? |
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| -Because of Teddy Roosevelt, the relationship between the feds and the public was repaired. |
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| What law did Roosevelt made in 1906? |
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| The Pure Food and Drug Act. |
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