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4 Goals of Progressivism
1. Promote Social Welfare (do what's good for people)
2. Promote Moral Improvement (don't drink... be religious)
3. Create Economic Reform (do away with favoritism for big businesses)
4. Foster Efficiency (do work faster with assembly lines & machines)
4 Goals of Progressivism Video
Brief Summary of the Temperance Movement in the U.S. and Prohibition
Government Officials who were Progressive Reformers
Robert La Follette
Hazen Pingree
Pingree's monument in Grand Circus Park - Downtown Detroit.
Hazen Stuart Pingree (August 30, 1840 – June 18, 1901) was a four-term Republican mayor of Detroit (1889–1896) and the 24th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan (1897–1901). He was elected mayor of Detroit in 1889 on a platform of exposing and ending corruption in city paving contracts, sewer contracts, and the school board. He soon turned to fighting privately owned utility monopolies, but was unsuccessful. Pingree expanded public welfare programs, initiated public works for the unemployed, built new schools, parks, and public baths. He gained national recognition through his "potato patch plan," which involved using vacant city land for gardens which would produce food for the city's poor.
In 1896, Pingree was elected Governor of Michigan. After taking office on January 1, 1897, he intended to also fill the last year of his term as mayor of Detroit, which would have lasted until elections in November 1897. However, his right to hold the two offices simultaneously was contested, and after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled against him, Pingree resigned as mayor. During his four years in office, the direct election of U.S. senators was promoted; an eight-hour workday was endorsed; a regulated income tax was supported; and railroad taxation was advocated.
Pingree arrived in London, England, while returning from an African safari with his son and U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. He was stricken with peritonitis and died at the age of sixty, just five months after leaving office as governor.
In 1896, Pingree was elected Governor of Michigan. After taking office on January 1, 1897, he intended to also fill the last year of his term as mayor of Detroit, which would have lasted until elections in November 1897. However, his right to hold the two offices simultaneously was contested, and after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled against him, Pingree resigned as mayor. During his four years in office, the direct election of U.S. senators was promoted; an eight-hour workday was endorsed; a regulated income tax was supported; and railroad taxation was advocated.
Pingree arrived in London, England, while returning from an African safari with his son and U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. He was stricken with peritonitis and died at the age of sixty, just five months after leaving office as governor.
CHAPTER 9 REVIEW VIDEO - The Progressive Movement Crash Course
If you learn better by watching videos, I highly recommend it for a review before the test.
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