Transcript expansion and reform gps 13

EXPANSION AND REFORM
GPS 13, CHS. 16-18
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SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American
society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the
meatpacking industry.
b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of women in
reform movements.
c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence of
the NAACP.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.
e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative,
recall, and referendum; direct election of senators; reform of labor laws;
and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.
EXPANSION AND REFORM: THE
PROGRESSIVE ERA
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TOPICS
1. PROGRESSIVES - REFORMERS
2. PROGRESSIVE REFORM (PAST EXS., J.
ADDAMS, S. GOMPERS)
3. STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR
BLACKS
EXPANSION AND REFORM:
PROGRESSIVE ERA
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1.PROGRESSIVE ERA- period of reform which
lasted from the 1890s to the 1920's.
2. Responding to the changes brought about by
industrialization, the Progressives advocated a wide
range of economic, political, social, and moral
reforms.
3.Reforms included the income tax with the Sixteenth
Amendment, direct election of Senators with the
Seventeenth Amendment, Prohibition with the
Eighteenth Amendment, and women's suffrage
through the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.
PROGRESSIVE ERA, LATE 1800S
TO 1920
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4. Progressives moved to enable the citizenry
to rule more directly.
REFORMERS, MUCKRAKERS
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1. MUCKRAKERS: REFORMERS WHO
EXPOSED THE “DIRT” IN POLITICS,
LABOR, AND BIG BUSINESS
2. A muckraker is an individual who seeks to
expose or reveal the real or apparent
corruption of businesses or governments to the
public.
FAMOUS MUCKRAKERS
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1. UPTON SINCLAIR
2. IDA TARBELL
FAMOUS MUCKRAKERS
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The Jungle is a 1906 novel
written by author and socialist
journalist Upton Sinclair. It was
written about the corruption of the
American meatpacking industry
during the early 20th century. The
novel depicts in harsh tones the
poverty, absence of social
programs, unpleasant living and
working conditions, and
hopelessness prevalent among the
"have-nots", which is contrasted
with the deeply rooted corruption
on the part of the "haves".
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UPTON SINCLAIR
UPTON SINCLAIR
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1. Reform efforts,
coupled with the public
outcry, led to the
passage of the Meat
Inspection Act and the
Pure Food and Drug Act
of 1906, which
established the Food
and Drug
Administration.
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The Jungle, 1906
IDA TARBEL
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1. She was known as one of the
leading "muckrakers" of her day,
work known in modern times in
the progressive era as
"investigative journalism." She
wrote many notable magazine
series and biographies. She is
best-known for her 1904 book
The History of the Standard Oil
Company.
2. Exposed political corruption
and unfair business practices by
Standard Oil
3. Result: U.S. govt broke up
Standard Oil Trust
PROGRESSIVE REFORMS
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1. GOALS RELATED TO IMPROVING
PEOPLE’S LIVES
1)PROTECTING SOCIAL WELFARE
2)PROMOTING MORAL IMPROVEMENT
3)CREATING ECONONIC REFORM
4)FOSTERING EFFICIENCY
REFORM, EXAMPLES
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1. HULL HOUSE, JANE ADDAMS
2. ELECTION REFORMS
1) INITIATIVE-VOTERS FORCE A VOTE
ON AN ISSUE BY COLLECTING
SIGNATURES
2)SUPPORT FOR INITIATIVE RESULTS IN
REFERENDUM, A VOTE
3)RECALL, REMOVING PUBLIC
OFFICIAL FROM OFFICE
REFORM, EXAMPLES
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4)DIRECT ELECTION OF U.S. SENATORS,
AMENDMENT 17 TO USC
RIGHTS FOR BLACK
AMERICANS
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1. BLACKS, DENIED RIGHTS
2. SEGREGATION AND RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION PRACTICED WITH JIM
CROW LAWS
3. SCOTUS AFFIRMED SEGREGATION WITH
PLESSY V. FERGUSON CASE.
1)SEPARATE BUT EQUAL, LAWFUL
4. RESULT: FOUNDING OF NAACP
5. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE