Unit 2 Lesson 9 Progressive Reforms

Warm Up

1) Use an online dictionary to research the Progressive Movement vocabulary

2) Remember this section of AH2 is paramount when it comes to passing the final exam...

3) We're going to play a vocabulary game tomorrow for #funfriday

The Progressive Movement: Industrial & Political Reforms

INDUSTRIAL REFORMS

REGULATING BIG BUSINESS

I. Big businesses grew very large during the Gilded Age

A. Laissez-faire economics & Social Darwinism

II. Businesses did not provide:

A. Safe working conditions B. A minimum wage C. Controlled working hours D. Working restrictions

III. Progressive reformers demanded businesses take on responsibility for the safety & wellbeing of their workforce

Child Labor

I. Businesses had no regulations for child labor

II. Most children did not attend school but worked to help their family pay bills

III. Children worked in cotton fields, industrial factories & coal mines

A. Most were immigrant children, poor white children & black children

IV. Children expected to carry their fair share & work jobs to support family

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