My fierce padlet by Faith Yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl Made with a dash of wit en-us 2017-02-16 16:12:25 UTC 2017-02-17 16:05:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Goals of Progressivism. faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154362643 Progressives supported women's suffrage, protecting children from extensive labor, and improving working conditions for the middle class ]]> 2017-02-16 16:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154362643 Muckrakers faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154372424 Muckrakers are journalists or producers of other media who's goal is to expose corruption in society.
Jacob Riis: Photographed the crowded and filthy streets as well as tenant houses to expose the poor living conditions of the lower class.
Upton Sinclair: Exposed the meat packing industry for unsanitary working conditions in his novel The Jungle

]]> 2017-02-16 16:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154372424 Children in the Progressive Era faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154377649 Progressives aimed to protect children's rights by inhibiting workplace's ability to hire children. They also tried to make it mandatory for children to go to school.]]> 2017-02-16 16:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154377649 Progressives and the working class. faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154380748 Progressives worked to reduce working hours, pass inspection laws, and increase the minimum working age.]]> 2017-02-16 17:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154380748 Progressives Affect the Government faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154613704 Progressives were strongly against political corruption, and worked to end powerful governments and replace them with officials who would have the common citizen in mind]]> 2017-02-17 15:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154613704 Progressives Push for Environmental Changes. faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154615386 Progressives believed that improving the environment would improve the people as well. They created parks, civic centers, and improved transportation]]> 2017-02-17 15:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154615386 Trustbusting and Attack on Railroads faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154617620 Teddy Roosevelt passed the Sherman Antitrust act, which prohibited certain business activities and raising of prices. Roosevelt then fires a lawsuit against the company that owned the majority of railroads across the U.S.]]> 2017-02-17 15:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154617620 Political Cartoon faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154620446 This political cartoon displays the rich strangling the poor working class between low wages and high rent, making it impossible to survive as a worker.]]> 2017-02-17 15:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154620446 Progressivism Today faith_yeo https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154620801 Today, being progressive means to look forward and work to gain social justice for everyone. This is still relevant because we have a long way to go before everyone is completely equal in society.]]> 2017-02-17 15:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/faith_yeo/12fgmdb01mpl/wish/154620801