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Aim: How did Muckrakers spark reform during the Progressive Era
Do Now: READ JACOB RIIS “How the Other Half Lives ” and give 5 examples of what tenement house conditions are at the time.,
HW: R.A.F.T due next class
New Ideas and an efficient government could bring social justice.
Progressivism:
PROGRESSIVE ERA
4. New Organizations
2. Response to Urbanization, Immigration,
& Industrializati
on
3. Emphasis on Reform
1. New Roles of
Government
5. Faith in New Ideas
“They are fascinated with the ugly things”
- Teddy Roosevelt
- Middle class tried to improve the social and political problems of society
Muckrakers :
Industrial hazards Want for good society Abuse of Big Business Political corruption Women vote Decent housing Gap of rich and poor Child labor
Problems Facing US by 1890s
How did Muckrakers help? Who? Urban PoorChildrenEducationIndustrial Workers
Station activity: Graphic Organizer
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Average Shirtwaist Worker’s Week
51 hours or less 4,554 5%52-57 hours 65,033 79%58-63 hours 12,211 15%Over 63 hours 562 1%
Total employees, men and women 82,360
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“The Shirtwaist Kings”Max Blanck and Isaac Harris
Triangle Shirtwaist FactoryAsch Building, 8th and 10th Floors
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Typical NYC Sweatshop, 1910
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Typical NYC Sweatshop, 1910
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New York Journal
Out of the AshesÔ ILGWU membership surged.Ô NYC created a Bureau of Fire
Prevention.Ô New strict building codes
werepassed.
Ô Tougher fire inspection ofsweatshops.
Ô Growing momentum of support for women’s suffrage.