Pre-assessment: The Progressive Era

What does it mean to be politically "Progressive?"

• Oppose new changes in society

• Support new changes in Government and Society to better represent people

• To bring back old ways of Government and applying them to modern contexts

• Going to be honest Miss Hritz, I really haven't heard progressive outside of insurance commercials

When did the "Progressive Era" happen?

• 1850s-1860s

• 1890s-1920s

• 1960s-1970s

• 2000s-2010s

Who (for the most part) was impacted by the Progressive Era?

• Women

• Black People/ African Americans

• Working Class

• Immigrants

Who were the Progressive Era Presidents?

• William Howard Taft

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William McKinley

• Woodrow Wilson

What "age" happened that led to the Progressive Era

• The Gilded Age

• The Industrial Age

• The Gothic Age

• The Dark Age

What name were journalists called during this Era?

• Fake news journalists

• Yellow Journalists

• Muckrakers

Why did the Progressive Era end?

• War and leadership change

• All the problems were resolved

• The groups affected were happy with the change

• The changes being made were ruled unconstitutional