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SOL USII.4

The Progressive Movement. SOL USII.4. Upton Sinclair. Progressive writer – expose on meat packing industry in US The Jungle (1906) was an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies. . Florence Kelley. Leader in area of work reform: Prohibit child labor Regulate sweatshops

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SOL USII.4

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  1. The Progressive Movement SOL USII.4

  2. Upton Sinclair • Progressive writer – expose on meat packing industry in US • The Jungle (1906) was an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies.

  3. Florence Kelley • Leader in area of work reform: • Prohibit child labor • Regulate sweatshops • Limit hours of work for women

  4. Mother Jones • Irish immigrant who was inspired by her own personal convictions and tragedies. • Organized unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado.

  5. What was a “muckraker”? • Muckraker is a name that was first given to American writers in the early 20th century who exposed corruption and scandals in business and politics.

  6. Ida Tarbell • Famous exposé of the Standard Oil Company and its executive, John D. Rockefeller

  7. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911 • 146 workers died in an unsafe factory when a fire broke out. • The doors were locked and many women jumped to their deaths.

  8. Jim Crow • After the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South lost their hard-won political rights. • Jim Crow (segregation) became a fact of life in the South.

  9. Lynching

  10. Woman’s Suffrage

  11. The Leaders…. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  12. Protest at White House…

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