Today in class mr. bruns did a presentation thing on the four goals of progressivis.
1. Protecting social welfare
2. Promoting moral improvement
3. creating economic reform
4. fostering efficiency
Protercting social welfare
- set up settlement houses for poor.
- open libraries
- sponsered education classes
- opened swimming pools
- set up soup kitchens
- slum brigades, teach immigrants
Promoting moral improvement
- prohibition
- carrie nation
- why ban alcohol?
- womens suffrage
creating economic reform
- there was a major unbalance in income and how people live
- many turned to "socialism". everyone was equal. taking from the rich giving to the poor making everyone happy
- regulations of railroads
- child labor lawes
- women and men working hours reduces.
Elections reforms
- secret ballot- you vote in secret.
- initiative- allows the goverment to start a bill.
- referendum- allows people to vote on the bill
- recall
- direct primaries became more common reduced political machines power
- direct election of the us senators- 17th amendment- 1913
Womens role
- many more women were getting an education
- many became teachers
- 19th amendment was passed. the right to vote
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