Exposing Corruption and Fighting for Change in the Progressive Era
Journalists, artists, and reformers played pivotal roles during the Progressive Era, exposing corruption and advocating for social change. Muckrakers like Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair highlighted injustices, while reformers such as Jane Addams and Booker T. Washington sought to improve living conditions and secure equal rights. Through their efforts, significant reforms were achieved in areas like child labor, women's suffrage, and government accountability.
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3/7 Day 4- Take out Progressive Era- MUCKRAKERS & Reformers packet. Grab your poster envelope. Do the math. (add then divide by 4) Learning Target: I can closely read for relevant information on a Reformer or Muckraker. Bad Romance- Woman's Suffrage Homework: Review Book Unit 2, part 2 due 3/14, 3 pg Research paper due Friday 3/17
Muckrakers-Journalists and Artists that EXPOSED Corruption and Injustice IDA TARBELL-wrote a book History of Standard Oil Sherman & Clayton Anti Trust Acts-outlawed monopolies and price fixing Ruthless practices of Standard Oil and Monopolies UPTON SINCLAIR- The Jungle Pure Drug and food Act- outlawed mislabeling or diluting foods Dangerous and unsafe conditions in meat packing industry. LINCOLN STEFFENS- wrote a book- Shame of the Cities Political corruption in city government, Boss Tweed 17th Amendment- Direct election of Senators- MORE DEMOCRACY JACOB RIIS- How the Other Half Lives Department of Labor & Dept. of Commerce- Worker & Consumer Protections Condition of the poor in New York City tenements (living conditions). JOHN SPARGO- Bitter Cry of the Children Department of Labor & Dept. of Commerce- Worker & Consumer Protections The abuses and hardship of children in the coal mines.
REFORMERS Goals were to bring Change JANE ADDAMS- Problems of Poverty- crowded housing, unsafe living conditions. Social Settlement movement- Hull house provided education, child care, finding jobs for workers and immigrants. Created building codes for safer living conditions. Child Labor- National Child Labor Committee- forced state laws to end child labor. Women s Suffrage Movement- Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony fought to get women the right to Vote. Wrote- Declaration of Sentiments- Seneca Falls Convention Alice Paul- Equal treatment of women, Hunger strike, National Marches, led to 19th Amendment-right to vote
REFORMERS Goals were to bring CHANGE Booker T Washington- Urged Vocational training for African Americans- Tuskegee Institute. 14th Amendment- equal rights W.E.B. DuBois- Created NAACP protested unfair treatment of A.A. and supported education. 14th Amendment- equal rights Samual Gomper- Created American Federation of Labor protested for better wages and working conditions. Ida B. Wells- Fought to end lynching, demanded women get the right to Vote and founding member of NAACP. Carry Nation- founding member of Women s Temperance Movement Led to the passing of the 18th Amendment- banning alcohol. Later repealed with the 21st Amendment.
REFORMS -Goals were to bring CHANGE and they did! CITY GOVERNMENT- Demanded an end to Political Machines, bribes in return for favors. Set up City Commissioner, or City Manager STATE GOVERNMENTS- Legislation for Steffens and Nast Secret ballot- bosses could no longer intimidate workers to vote a certain way. Initiatives- ex: Prop 8 (No same-sex marriage) or legalization of marijuana in Colorado Referendums- voters decide on amendments to state constitutions Recall- forces elected official out of office between elections. Direct primary- allows voters to elect candidates to represent each party. 17th Amendment- Direct election of Senators- MORE DEMOCRACY.
Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. ___________________________ senators C. Recall A. Secret ballot B. Direct election of D. Referendum Progressive Reforms Which law was passed as a result of muckraking literature? Meat Inspection Act Muckrakers contributed to the rise of Progressivism in the early years of the 20th century by exposing widespread corruption in business and government During the Progressive Era, Jane Addams responded to urban conditions by working to establish settlement houses that provided assistance to the poor A goal of the Progressive movement was to correct the problems caused by industrialization Progressive Era reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall attempted to increase the power of citizens in state and local government Progressive Era authors such as Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair are best known for focusing attention on social conditions
REGENTS QUESTIONS How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1890) The Jungle, Upton Sinclair (1906) The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (1939) Unsafe at Any Speed, Ralph Nader (1965) 1. What has been the impact of these authors and their books on American society These works have had significant influence on social, political, and economic reforms. 2. The purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act (1887), the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890), and the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) was to eliminate unfair business practices 3. Jacob Riis, in How the Other Half Lives, and Lincoln Steffens, in The Shame of the Cities, contributed to reform movements in the United States by exposing poverty and corruption 4. Lincoln Steffens and Jane Addams are best known for Jane Addams Opens Hull House Jacob Riis Photographs Tenement Residents Ida Tarbell Exposes Standard Oil Company 5. These headlines represent efforts by correct abuses of the Industrial Revolution attempting to ease the problems of the urban poor
