Progressive Era
4 Major Goals of Progressive Movement
1. Protect Social Welfare
Quality of how people react in society
Ease problems of city life
Public Transportation
Recreation
YMCA-Library and exercise rooms
Salvation Army
Settlement Housing
Florence Kelley-Illinois Factory Act, 1893, improve work conditions and reduce hours work
2. Promote moral improvement
Immigrants have different approach to sex, progressives want to put same morals to all cultures
Prohibition
Members of WCTU
3. Create Economic Reform
Great gap between Rich and poor
Muckrakers exposed corruption in corporations
Scientific Management
Makes business more efficient and profitable
Apply Scientific ideas to make each task simpler
Outcome: Assembly Line
4. Changes in City Gov't
Less city bosses, elected mayors
Commission System replaces City Bosses
Groups of experts run the city
Experts work better
Council Managers and Mayors
1925- 250 Cities
City Managers appointed by City Council, elected by people
Progressive Mayors
Reform tax system and decreased transportation cost
State reforms
State laws to regulate R.R., mines, utilities
Led by Robert La Follette
Governor of Wisconsin
Focus on regulating R.R.'s
1. R.R.'s taxed federally and by states
2. Set limits on rates R.R.'s could charge
3. Cut out unfair R.R. practices
Improvement of Labor Conditions
End of Child Labor
No Federal Law to ban child labor, state laws
Maximum work hours
Supreme Court Reforms
Muller vs. Oregon
State can legally limit the working hours of women
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