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HIS2113_Lesson14_1910-1929.pptxMichigan history
Michigan During and After WW1
Progress and Michigan History
The early 1900s were a time of transition reflected in the emergence of progressivism.
Progressivism grew from challenges and problems stemming from increased prosperity.
Increased involvement in world affairs and political and economic changes at home set the stage for social unrest from the 1920s onward.
Progressivism
Progressivism was a reform movement responding to social and economic changes connected to:
Industrialization
Labor and Livelihoods changed in the Industrial era
Maldistribution of wealth
Urbanization
With industrialization, a great migration to cities began.
Cities had to face many issues to deal with increased populations.
Immigration
A wave of immigrants from SE Europe were viewed as un-American.
Michigan Progressivism
Progressivism was experienced in national, state, and local politics.
The “Wisconsin Idea” – clean government and civic responsibility.
Grand Rapids
George E. Ellis – mayor from 1906-1916.
Detroit
Upper-class leadership of reform movement.
War against political corruption and saloon-keepers
Urban Improvement
Chase S. Osborn – Mr. Progressive
Founded Sault Evening News
As a progressive republican, he cause rifts among conservatives for his issues:
Labor Laws
conservation
state regulation of business
workman’s compensation
Election of 1912
Progressive Issues
Calumet Mine
Miners strike in 1913 for 8/hr work day and $3/day wage.
Strikebreakers intensified stand-off and fueled anti-foreign sentiment.
Strike broken in 1914
“Demon Rum”
Temperance became a progressive issue – In 1916 Prohibition passed.
Women’s Suffrage
Failed to pass in elections of 1908, 1912, and 1913.
World War 1
WW1 was Europe’s War
Ford’s Peace Ship voyage to Scandinavia in 1915
Michigan Mobilized in War Effort in 1917
Increased Agricultural Production
Infrastructure Developed – Roads, Bases, and Training Facilities
Industries and the the War Effort
World War 1
Michigan Mobilized in War Effort in 1917
133,485 Michigan men served in WW1; nearly 5,000 died, and 15,000 were wounded.
Roosevelt's 1915 speech against “hyphenated Americans” -Germans in Michigan marginalized
Berlin, MI changed to Marne, MI
The “Red Scare” of 1919-1920
The 1920s and the quest for “Normalcy”
The collective desire for pre-war stability.
New social landscape: demographic Shifts and Immigration
Racialism became deeply entrenched:
Ku Klux Klan – 80,000 members.
KKK actively promoted ideals and preached that the foreigners, blacks, Jews, and Catholics were a threat to “white, real Americans.”
| Year: | 1920 | 1930 |
| Total Population | 3,668,412 | 4,842,325 |
| Black population | 60,082 | 170,000 |
| Foreign-born residents | 730,013 | 849,297 |
The 1920s and the quest for “Normalcy”
Success of Automobile Industry placed Detroit on the world map.
Detroit’s population in 1930 – 1.5 million people.
Critics of “progress:”
Charged that Detroit represented the spirit of the age – “the market of personality embodied in the god production.”
Lamented drastic shift from traditional values and communities.
Pointed to increasing crime connected to urbanization – smuggling, prostitution
