Progressive Movement

What is progressivism?

• is a political philosophy and reform movement that advocates for social change and the betterment of society as a whole through incremental reforms.

• the theory that all moral and religious truth comes from divine revelation passed on by tradition, human reason being incapable of attaining it.

• the literal interpretation of religious texts and the strict adherence to traditional beliefs and practices.

What did the Social Gospel Movement seek to accomplish?

• Social Justice (equality) , Labor Reform (living wage, hours, ending child labor) , and reforming society

• Making longer work hours, increase inequality between rich and poor

• Have less social programs to increase hardships on regular citizens

How did the Social Gospel try to help immigrants?

• Established of Settlement Houses

• Promoted Literacy Tests to limit voting.

• Promoted a poll tax to make money on voting.

• To exploit new immigrants by tricking them to work in sweatshops

What were two basic functions of Settlement Houses? Does this differ from treatment of immigrants today?

What was a MUCKRAKER?!?

• A person who is an investigative journalist, who exposes horrible practices done by businesses.

• A person who plays in the mud of society.

• A person who rakes human waste for a living.

• A person who exposes investigative journalists for the muck they are.

Name two Muckrakers from the video and what were they responsible for reporting.

The Women Suffrage Movement helped pave the way for which amendment?

• 19th amendment

• 20 amendment

• 15 amendment

• 13 amendment

The U.S more progressive now or less based on the video on the Progressive Era 1880-1920's?

• More

• Less

• Hard to say