Progressive Era

Question 1

What issues gave rise to the Progressive Era?

Answer 1

Rise of big businesses, uncertain business cycles, gap between rich and poor, conflict between labor and capital ( management ), corrupt political machines, Jim Crow Laws, issue of women’s suffrage, etc.

Question 2

Who were the Progressives?

Answer 2

Professional, upper middle class, women, Protestants

Question 3

What was the Social Gospel?

Answer 3

Spread by Walter Rauschenbusch, linked Protestantism to reform by saying that good Protestants must actively push reforms to better society and help their fellow man.

Question 4

New philosophies of Progressive Era

Answer 4

Pragmatism ( seeking a more practical approach to morality ), people began to view Laissez-Faire as impractical and “rugged-individualism” ( belief that people should fend for themselves and be self-made independent from government ) as old-fashioned, scientific management was favored, corruption was turned against

Question 5

Significant muckrakers

Answer 5

Jacob Riis: Photo journalist, How The Other Half Lives, exposed conditions of Tenement housing
Lincoln Steffens: Wrote about corruption in cities, The Shame of Cities
Ida Tarbell: The History of Standard Oil
Upton Sinclair: Wrote about the meat packing industry, The Jungle