Searching for Order The Progressive Movement in America I Beginnings of Progressivism a muckrakers i Ida Tarbell A history of Standard Oil Upton Sinclair The Jungle ii Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives iii Lincoln Steffans Shame of the Cities iv b the middle class response to industrial chaos c Exposed educated middle class Americans to factory life bad conditions poverty etc Progressive Characteristics II a Usually not always white middle class professional b Often deeply committed Christians motivated by religion c Often women i ii Gained the right to vote Especially when helping the poor d Four major agendas Political reform i 1 Getting rid of graft cleaning up politics getting rid of political machines ii Scientific efficiency 1 Inefficient economy wastes resources so bring in experts who will make things run smoother iii Economic reform 1 Opposed to monopolies support government regulation of economy iv Social Justice 1 the Social Gospel movement a Charles Sheldon In His Steps started WWJD b Said people shouldn t compete The Golden Rule etc 2 interested in poverty 3 mainly women Christians trying to make industrialism more friendly fair less chaotic III Three Progressive Stories a Settlement Houses Hull House etc i dedicated to improving urban conditions ii iii Jane Addams Alice Hamilton The Good Side sincere efforts to help people leads to increased female political activism suffrage campaigns etc The Bad Side condescending Self centered iv b President Teddy Roosevelt i Monopolies tries to control them though not always ii 1902 Northern Securities Company broken up TR goes on to attack others iii Unions often supports them Mine Workers and the Square Deal b Conservation protecting land from industrial excess ii iii Resources should be managed efficiently by experts National Forest system set up and run by scientific forester Gifford Pinchot Aesthetic resources needed many national parks created
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