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BELLWORK

BELLWORK. Refer to your mind map notes or pgs. 237-239 to answer the following questions: What were some social problems in the early 1900s? Name two examples that prove the corruption of the U.S. government in 1900. What is a political machine?

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BELLWORK

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  1. BELLWORK • Refer to your mind map notes or pgs. 237-239 to answer the following questions: • What were some social problems in the early 1900s? • Name two examples that prove the corruption of the U.S. government in 1900. • What is a political machine? • What is a trust? What was the problem with companies becoming a trust? • THINKER: What steps could a country take in reducing corruption?

  2. Tammany Hall: Democratic Party Political Machine Controlled NYC politics/elections Helped Irish immigrants rise in U.S. politics Tammany Hall

  3. THURSDAY!!! • This Thursday (December 1st), you will be working on your ECAP portfolio using the KUDER Navigator. • ECAP is an education/career portfolio that is REQUIRED for graduation. • You will be in the lab the entire period and taught by a CDO counselor. • Class will be split into library lab and counseling lab. • Library Lab: Last names A-M • Counseling Lab: Last names N-Z • Make sure you report to this location on Thursday! • Do NOT switch locations; counseling has set this up specifically for you! Follow all instructions!

  4. Progressive Movement: Effort to reform the U.S. and preserve its democratic values. Confronted the problems caused by industrialization and urbanization. The progressives dominated politics in the 1900’s as they tried to combat society’s problems. Progressivism

  5. Focus on housing shortages, political corruption, and high crime rates. Feared the wealthy few had too much power and could easily buy their popularity. Lived in urban areas Believed a well-run government could protect public interest and restore order to society. Progressive Ideals

  6. Jane Addams: Disturbed by all the neglected children and homeless immigrants. Created the Hull House: Community center where people could learn English, discuss politics, and have their children watched over (nursery). Important Progressives

  7. Muckrakers: writers who motivated the public by highlighting social issues. Attacked wealthy corporations, child labor, corrupt police, prostitution rings, and corrupt churches. Important Progressives Ida Tarbell

  8. Upton Sinclair: showed unsanitary factory conditions in his novel, The Jungle. Caused the government to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act: Federal inspection of meat products and regulation of pesticide use. Currently, the FDA: (Food and Drug Administration) Important Progressives

  9. “There would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white – it would be dosed with borax and glycerin, and dumped into the hoppers, and made over again for home consumption. There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumption germs. There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms’ and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it. It was too dark in these storage places to see well, but a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. These rats were nuisances, so the packers would put poisoned bread out for them, they would die, and then rats, poisoned bread, and meat would go into the hoppers together.” - Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906

  10. Other Activist Groups • Women: against child labor • National Consumer’s League: supported settlement houses (institutions that provided educational and social services to the poor) • African Americans: against racism and lynching (murder by mob without a trial)

  11. CLOSURE • What was the Progressive Movement? • What were Progressive activists fighting for? • Who was Jane Addams? • Who was Upton Sinclair? • What were African American progressives fighting for?

  12. Making Connections Wkst. • For the rest of class you are going to complete a worksheet about Progressivism. • It covers important details, people, events, and vocabulary. • Use your book/notes to answer the questions. (pgs. 243-255) • This will be homework!

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