---
title: "SSUSH13: Progressive Era Reforms (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH13
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH13
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSUSH13: Progressive Era Reforms

Evaluate efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSUSH13.a**: Describe the influence of muckrakers on affecting change by bringing attention to social problems.
- **SSUSH13.b**: Examine and explain the roles of women in reform movements.
- **SSUSH13.c**: Connect the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson to the expansion of Jim Crow laws and the formation of the NAACP.
- **SSUSH13.d**: Describe Progressive legislative actions including empowerment of the voter, labor laws, and the conservation movement.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- US History (EOC). Industrialization, Reform, & Imperialism. Industrialization, Reform, & Imperialism (about 16% of the test; 7–8 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.