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Page 1: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

The Progressive EraUS History: Spiconardi

Page 2: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Progressive Era

The Progressive Era an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Page 3: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Muckrakers

Muckraker a journalist who exposes corruption and serious problems in America

Jacob Riis How the Other Half

Lives▪ Photojournalism which

details the living conditions of the urban poor

Page 4: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Muckrakers

Lincoln Steffens Exposes the corruption in cities by writing for McClure’s Magazine in a series called The Shame of Cities

Ida Tarbell Writes a 19-part series (The History of Standard Oil), which exposed the abuses of big business

Page 5: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

Page 6: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

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Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

Tammany Hall – a fraternity that controlled NYC politics through bribes and “kickbacks.” Cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Tiger to symbolize their corrupt fraternity

Page 8: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

What does this cartoon say about the way the police handled political corruption?

Page 9: US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Meatpacking

The Jungle Upton Sinclair

writes a novel, which details the▪ unsanitary

conditions in meatpacking plants▪ living conditions of

the working poor

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Meatpacking