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?

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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.

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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