The Problems at the Turn of the Century (1900)

The Problems at the Turn of the Century (1900) 11.2.1 Know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the portrayal of working conditions and food safety in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. 11.2.4 Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and middle-class reformers.

HOT ROC- Class brainstorm • What problems existed at the beginning of the 20th Century? • Read p. 205

Upton Sinclair • The “muckrakers”—a group of journalists (writers) who uncovered the nation’s problems. • First investigative journalists

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (1906)

Other muckrakers • Ida Tarbell—investigated Rockefeller’s Standard Oil • Led to break up of Standard Oil under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1911)

Modern Muckraker: – what problems might a muckraker uncover today? Fast Food Nation (2002) exposes problems with our meat today

Activity:Progressive Era Problems 16.3 & 16.4

Activity Description • You will be shown several images, for each image, read the corresponding section of the book and write down the following: • 2-3 details about the specific problem • 1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Conditions in the Slums: Write down the following:2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Conditions in the Workplace: Write down the following:2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Unsafe Products, Buyer Beware: Write down the following:2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Extracting Natural Resources: Write down the following:2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Polluting Water and Air: Write down the following:2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

The Problems at the Turn of the Century (1900)

The Problems at the Turn of the Century (1900)

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Life at the Turn of the Century

Life at the Turn of the Century

Life at the Turn of the Twentieth Century 1870-1915

Uncovering Problems at the Turn of the Century

The 20 th Century: The people’s century.

Turn of the Century

Chapter 16: Uncovering Problems at the Turn of the Century

Canada at the Turn of the Century

Canada at the Turn of the Century

Turn of the Century

How people lived in Australia around the turn of the century

US at the Turn of the Century

Changes at the Turn of the Century

The Turn of The Century

Planck’s hypothesis, and Einstein’s photon theory. Contents: Hubris at the turn of the century

Life at the Turn of the Century

The Turn of the Century

Uncovering Problems at the Turn of the Century

America at the Turn of the 20 th Century

BROADWAY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

Chapter 9 Life at the Turn of the 20 th Century

Immigration at the Turn of the Century