HIST 1311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nineteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Hull House, Settlement Movement
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A group working for farming and industrial workers rights. Trying to resolve problems brought on by industrialization (kinds same as populists) Progressives are more urban and focus on more urban issues. A lot of progressives went to college and had a high education and there is less of that in the. Populists were more lower wage workers and progressives were more middle class. Progressives were far less cohesive and more broad on issues. Progressives first see government as ally and not an enemy, new concept. Red light districts are no longer acceptable (ending prostitution) Made the fda and regulations on food. Muckrakers (time is progressive era) were writing investigating reporters digging up dirt on bad foods and bad practices (rockefellar) Upton sinclair- published the jungle, which influenced the pure food and drug act. Didn"t want to make it illegal, just wanted people to drink in moderation. Anti saloon league- first organization to push for illegalization of alcohol.
