POLS 1101 Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I The Rectangle of Righteousness II Agrarian America A Before Industrialism B Jeffersonian agrarianism III Industrialism s Threats to Farmers A Financial Trouble B Monopolies C Status Anxiety IV Forming alliances A Patrons of Husbandry B National Farmers Alliance a Knights of Labor V The National Alliance s Plan The Ocala Demands and the Omaha Platform A Public ownership of railroad B Direct election of senators graduated income tax C No protective tariffs for industry D The sub treasury system E Free coinage of silver VI The Populist Party A James B Weaver B William Bryan C The Demise of Populism Outline of Current Lecture I Beginnings of Progressivism II Progressive Characteristics III Four Major Agendas IV Three Progressive Stories Current Lecture Progessivism Progressives people of the Progressive Era normally middle class professionals white collar workers 3rd group of people threatened by Industrialism not radical no speak of revolution focused on reform changing the system Angel of Reform Beginnings of Progressivism 1 Muckrakers investigative journalist who exposes the dirty underbelly of a certain topic prostitution tenements etc authors such as Tarbell Sinclair Riis Steffans etc 2 The middle class response to industrial chaos urge to find order such information was eye opening to middle class Americans Progressive Characteristics the common type of progressive 1 White usually middle upper middle class professional such as doctors lawyers professors etc 2 Deeply committed Christians believed good works helped as much as faith for salvation 3 Women vital part of Progressive Movement couldn t vote yet Four Major Agendas 1 Political Reform believed that Democracy was corrupted by wealth and power ppl should vote not out of self interest but for the better good for all ppl often went after to stop political machines worked towards city council instead of mayor highly against alcohol 2 Scientific Efficiency believed scientific experts could help run government correctly fans of professionalism believed in Civil Service Reform having politicians and leader take a test to be placed in positions instead of from voting 3 Economic Reform believed in regulation thought government should control areas of industrialism trusts against monopolies and capitalism 4 Social Justice supported helping people who lacked power nonwhites women the poor etc helped them get rights voting for women If Jesus Came to Chicago book about how God would be ashamed of the industrialism and would say that ppl need to fix it WWJD created by Charles Sheldon classic social gospel Progressive from Kansas believed in African American rights opposed to alcohol Christian Socialist believed that socialism would be God s favorite people giving up their lives to help the less fortunate settlement houses In His Steps book questioning what Jesus would do in every situation of life like being a progressive reformer man comes into church saying misfortune is the fall of him and dies Three Progressive Stories 1 Settlement House Movement Progressive reformers would move into poor areas of the cities and set up houses to help and teach the poor often women started in late 1890 s 400 houses set up by 1910 leads to growth of feminism Education home economic classes taught English to cook child care job training basic college classes etc Negative Effect teachers naturally wanted to remake the people they reformed into miniature versions of themselves wanted to turn poor ppl into white middle class citizens form of assimilation anxieties about alcohol etc Jane Addams led part of Women s Movement 2 Teddy Roosevelt confident city boy ivy league schooling passion for nature imperialistic president because of assassination Republican but uncharacteristic suspicious of abusive monopolies went after big businesses and trusts supporter of some unions mine workers Square Deal kicked out of Republican Party Progressive Party created national park services Grand Canyon Northern Securities Company 1902 broken up by Teddy 3 Conservation supporting Environmentalism emerges from Progressive Era not 1960 s radical yet boring horrible air quality and water quality from Industrialism Progressives wanted trained environmentalists and scientists to help the land forests etc believed in wise use of nature