Unit 2 Cornell D How did Progressives reform

Unit 2: Cornell D “How did Progressive’s reform SOCIAL problems caused be Industrialization and Urbanization? ”

Social Problems Overcrowded cities Nativism Unhealthy Cities Unsafe Cities Racism Urban poverty

Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities Social Reformers: Lincoln Steffens, “muckraker” Jacob Riis, “MUCKRAKER”

Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities Solution: Commissions – 5 -8 experts who head city DEPARTMENTS become more efficient and competent. POLICE, FIREMAN HOUSING, BUILDING SCHOOLS

Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities Solution: TENEMENT House Act, 1901 – requires that a BATHROOM be built-in to every apartment in New York city

Overcrowded and Unhealthy, Unsafe Cities Successful ? Y/N ? “YES” By 1917 500 cities use commissions rather than incompetent POLITICANS Other states pass laws to protect TENENTS rights

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism Solution to NATIVISM: Progressives said immigrants would be “AMERICANIZED”= Put in the great “MELTING POT”= Immigrants will give up their CULTURE, LANGUAGE, etc. and become “AMERICAN”

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism Successful reform ? Y/N ? “Yes & No” Many new immigrants want to “Americanize” But others reject idea that they give up their culture, language, etc.

Americanization? Melting pot? Salad Bowl

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism Social Reformers: Jane Addams, Social Worker Walter Rauschenbusch, Social Gospel Movement

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism Solution: SETTLEMENT HOUSES = community CENTERS to help new immigrants and the urban poor –

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism Settlement Houses provide the needy with EDUCATION (like ENGLISH classes and HEALTH classes) and SOCIAL services (DAY CARE and COUNSELING)

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism Settlement House Example: HULL HOUSE, Chicago Founded by Jane Addams, 1889 Interactive Notes Q&A’s Pg. 266 1. Who started the first Settlement House for Blacks ? Called what ? How many Settlement Houses were in USA by 1910 ?

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism SOCIAL GOSPEL Movement – led by Rauschenbusch Interactive Notes Q&A’s pg. 307 2. Which other religious organization aimed to help the needy? How ? – describe Social Gospel Movement strongly opposed Social Darwinism – believed that society should help the needy (W. W. J. D. )

Anti-Immigrant Prejudice & Nativism n n n Successful? Y/N? Yes and No By 1910 there were about 400 SETTLEMENT HOMES. Many reformers based their activism on their RELIGIOUS beliefs

Contemporary Nativism