Unit 6: Chapter 17 Progressive Priorities Name____________________________ Hour________

Read through all of the Progressive Problems and rank them in order of importan e! "1# most important$ %#least important&! 'hen brainstorm possible reforms for ea h problem! Ranking Progressive Problem Racism: +n 1%,6$ the U!-! -upreme Court ruled that .im Cro( la(s (hi h promoted segregation (ere legal$ as long as fa ilities (ere provided that (ere separate$ but e/ual! 'he federal government also pra ti ed institutionali0ed ra ism b) dis riminating against bla ks in hiring for 1obs! Womens Rights: 2ven though some (omen had been agitating for suffrage for over fift) )ears$ the vote (as still limited to men! 3omen also re eived lo(er (ages than men and arried the burden of urban povert) Conservation: -ome areas of the ountr) (ere plagued (ith drought$ (hile others fa ed terrible flooding! 4ogging ompanies used land indis riminatel)$ destro)ing old forests that had taken enturies to gro(! Working Conditions: 5embers of the (orking lass (ere sub1e ted to long hours$ lo( pa)$ and poor (orking onditions! 6ll those in1ured at (ork (ere also in danger of losing their 1ob! 2ven )oung hildren (ere often emplo)ed in dangerous onditions! Monopolies: -everal men$ in luding .!P! 5organ and the Ro kefellers$ built bad 7trusts8 that attempted to build ontrol the market and gouge profits from the publi ! Political Corruption: 'he politi al s)stem (as ontrolled b) a number of 7bosses8 (ho pressured voters in supporting their andidates and auses! Ho( ould this be effe tivel) reformed*

9oting (as not done se retl) and people had little influen e over the politi al agenda! Urban Slums: 5an) ne( immigrants and members of the (orking lass lived in ro(ded$ run:do(n tenements in the ities! ;ften a fe( families (ere ro(ded into a small room (ithout running (ater! Education: - hooling (as not mandator)$ and (as often reserved for the upper lasses! 3ith the influ< of a large immigrant population$ there (ere also on erns about assimilating ne( 6meri ans into the population!