Defining the Progressive Era 1890 1920 Broas reformist effort Reaction to changes related to social and economic modernization Growth of government regulation Trans Atlantic phenomenon Key Impulses and Concepts Curb corruption Social and Economic Order Social justice Social moralism Knowledge and Expertise Muckraking Journalism Documentary style focused on social ills and business corruption Ida Tarbell s History of Standard Oil Upton Sinclair s The Jungle Lincoln Steffens The Shame of the Cities Women and Gender in Progressive America Social Housekeeping middle class women used traditional gender roles to claim public role in reform o Temperance and prohibition o Settlement House Movement Jane Addams o Labor reform o Politics and Suffrage Local and State Level Progressivism Tom Johnson o Cincinnati Mayor 1901 1909 o Turned his back on government o Battled for more democracy Robert M La Follette o Wisconsin Governor 1901 1905 o Fightin Bob o Goes to congress o Pushes for more Expertise o Tries to control railroad rates o Preaches for conservation o Education improvement Hiram Johnson o California Governor 1911 1917 o Went after railroads Presidential Progressivism Theodore Roosevelt o Youngest president o Doesn t want to see end of corporate America but want to control if it gets out of hand President Taft and the Election od 1912 Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom Progressive Achievements Political and Constitutional Reform o Federal income tax 16th amendenment o