The Progressive Era - 1900 - 1917
Changes in the United States - politics, technology, organized labor, social and moral reform
Improvements in professions - lawyers, doctors, teachers, carpenters, etc
Unions and professions begin to network and improve their trade
Social Changes:
- Labor Issues
- Ethnic and racial groups
- Moral reform
Three main developments during the 1900's
New Government Activities during the Progressive Era
Reform during the Progressive Era - Poverty, Settlement Houses, Hull House, Settlement Houses in Urban and Rural areas
Women and Society
Women Suffrage
Women's Temperance Movement
Temperance vs. Prohibition
Alcohol as a social and moral issue
The Anti-Saloon League - Alcohol and politics
The Mann Act
Jack Johnson
Socialist Party of America
Wobblies
Muckraking
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Pure Food and Drug Act
Meat Inspection Act
City Government Reform
Public Health
Cultural Change in Art and Music
Scott Joplin
John Phillip Sousa
Ash Can School
The Armory Show of 1913
