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Muckraking
A study of the muck
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Muckraking
• The exposing or revealing of corruption in the government or private business to the public
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Chicago’s Union Stock Yards
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Chicago’s Union Stock Yards
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The Jungle
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The Jungle’s effect
• Government created sanitation laws and other restrictions for the meat companies– This made food products
safer
• Made Chicago’s industry the focus of America
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Robber Barons• One of the American industrial or financial
tycoons who became wealthy by unethical means, such as exploitation of labor– Think monopoly guy
• Cornelius Vanderbilt was considered one• Argued for “laissez faire”
– What is laissez faire?
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John D. Rockefeller
• President of Standard Oil Company– ExxonMobil, Chevron,
Conoco, BP, Marathon• Accused of being a robber
baron – corrupt boss• He had $257.6 BILLION in
today’s dollars– Bill Gates only has $100
billion
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Labor Unions• Why would you want to be in a labor union?
– What does a labor union accomplish?
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Haymarket Square Riot
• Chicago, May 4, 1886• 8 hour work day was scheduled to be
implemented on May 1, 1886• Some bosses weren’t following that law• Someone threw a bomb at the police• Most people thought it was an anarchist or
socialist. Why?
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Haymarket Square Riot
• The media may have distorted the event• The governor pardoned some of the people
convicted in the deaths of police officers– Labor union population dropped dramatically
• International Labor Day is on May 1st
– Ours is in September– May 1 in the U.S. is Law Day
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Labor Injustices
• We talked about robber barons who paid low wages and had disgusting working conditions
• Bosses weren’t afraid to hire children
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Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
• Women working in a shirt factory• Factory caught fire on the 8th, 9th, and 10th
floors• 146 workers died
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Progressive Era
a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s
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Goals of Progressivism1. Social justice2. Moral improvement3. Democracy4. Economic Change5. Efficiency6. Conservation
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Social Justice• Settlement houses• YMCA• Soup kitchens
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Moral Improvement• Prohibition – 18th
amendment– A social movement led
by women
• Women’s Christian Temperance Union– Feminism
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Democracy• Women’s suffrage –
19th amendment– More rights for more
people
• Direct Election of Senators – 17th amendment– Gave voters more
control
• Secret Ballot
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Economic Change• Muckrakers• Child Labor laws • Trust Busting
– Trust – business entity formed with intent to monopolize
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Trust Bustaz• refers to
government activities designed to break up trusts or monopolies
• No more laissez faire
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Trust Bustaz