The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27

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Published 2013-08-29
In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Era in the United States. In the late 19th and early 20th century in America, there was a sense that things could be improved upon. A sense that reforms should be enacted. A sense that progress should be made. As a result, we got the Progressive Era, which has very little to do with automobile insurance, but a little to do with automobiles. All this overlapped with the Gilded Age and is a little confusing, but here we have it. Basically, people were trying to solve some of the social problems that came with the benefits of industrial capitalism. To oversimplify, there was a competition between the corporations' desire to keep wages low and workers' desire to have a decent life. Improving food safety, reducing child labor, and unions were all on the agenda in the Progressive Era. While progress was being made, and people were becoming freer, these gains were not equally distributed. Jim Crow laws were put in place in the south, and immigrant rights were restricted as well. So once again on Crash Course, things aren't so simple.

Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. The Progressive Era was marked by rapid reactions to the Gilded Age: www.commonlit.org/texts/the-progressive-era
Literature such as The Jungle revealed the horrifying conditions of factory industries, one of several which were overhauled with new progressive regulations: www.commonlit.org/texts/excerpt-from-the-jungle

Chapters:
Introduction: The Progressive Era 00:00
The Progressive Era 1:06
Social Concerns of the Progressive Era 1:53
Mystery Document 2:48
The Jungle 4:04
Muckracking, Journalism, and Photography 4:22
Union Organizing 4:55
The Industrial Workers of the World 5:46
Mass Consumption Culture 6:29
The Labor Problem 7:39
Government Solutions to Social Problems 8:46
The Socialist Party 9:30
The 17th Amendment 10:17
Initiatives & Referendums 10:36
Voter Suppression & Jim Crow Laws 11:14
Plessy v. Ferguson 12:12
Booker T. Washington 12:46
W.E.B. DuBois 13:28
Credits 14:30

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All Comments (21)
  • @lil.liz99
    When your AP test is Friday so you're just watching the whole series
  • @YouLovesChloe
    All these AP history comments... I'm simply here for my U.S. history class lol
  • @kavyac700
    To APUSH students: We're all in this together
  • @rachelmaybeidk
    To be honest, I have a crazy APUSH teacher that doesn't really teach so this is how I'm learning more in 15 minutes than 3.5 hours a week.
  • @mustang6172
    Upton Sinclair later said, "I wanted to touch America's heart, but instead touched her stomach." ... Or something to that effect.
  • @bunney3272
    If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of progress?
  • @FakeWonder
    "I can only imagine how LONG and HARD you've worked to get the phrase beef-boner into the show and you finally did it." You have one sense of humor John
  • @spike9653
    90% of the comments: APUSH students. 10% of the comments people who are legitimately just interested in history
  • @DANversusWTP
    He concluded so strongly that I was subconsciously waiting for "Hank I'll see you on Friday"
  • @aliciaselvera2233
    Our APush teacher made us spend two days listening to a reading of The Jungle. The only reaction I got from that novel, besides vomitting into my mouth, was joy from guessing the mystery document correctly.
  • @nishatnguyen
    "touch your nose to prove literacy" - animations in this video do not have noses. Great. Good.
  • @ybba15
    AGGRESSIVELY WATCHES THE ENTIRE SERIES IN ONE NIGHT TRYING TO CRAM FOR THE APUSH FINAL
  • @madisonleigh2963
    2 hours till the exam. I am watching this at twice speed... Welp... Procrastination is great!
  • @psychxkappa5788
    When your APUSH TEST is in two days and you just finished chapter 30
  • @Itsph4nt0m
    As much as I like my AP teacher, APUSH doesn't let him teach everything in 2 semesters. So I gotta do, currently 8 AMSCO's and 40+ US History Crash Courses. The AP test in on April.
  • @Shiftyeyedog
    This is the first time I guessed the Mystery Document author!  GO ME!
  • @AriannaWhitacre
    He should be a History teacher, like I have to take a test early on this and Gilded Age so watching his videos
  • @MrMusicman456
    The Rush joke at the beginning earned you my undying loyalty
  • @fartzinwind
    When you say "the first book", does that mean you have barfed on multiple occasions while reading?