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Fixing Society: Areas in Need of Reform

Explore the areas in society that require fixing, such as protection for individuals, government regulation, and business reform. Discover the impact of muckrakers and social reforms on these issues.

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Fixing Society: Areas in Need of Reform

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  1. WARM UP What areas of society do you feel need to be fixed? Share with your neighbor what you wrote.

  2. Class Ideas

  3. Who were the Progressives? • Protection for individuals • People who believed in improving society. • White collar middle class and blue collar working class. • More regulation of government and business

  4. What is being “raked up” in these photos?

  5. Class Ideas

  6. Meet the Muckrakers UPTON SINCLAIR “The Jungle” Meatpacking consumer and labor issues JACOB RIIS “How the Other Half Live” Unsafe living conditions of city poor. LINCOLN STEFFENS “The Shame of Cities” Wrote about corruption in city politics. IDA TARBELL “The History of Standard Oil” Unethical business practices of Standard Oil

  7. More Muckrakers THOMAS NAST Political Cartoons City Corruption JOHN SPARGO “The Bitter Cry of Children” Wrote to end child labor FRANK NORRIS “The Octopus” Wrote about railroads treatment of farmers

  8. Look Back Sort the muckrakers into a chart on the areas that were focused on. Share with your partner what you wrote

  9. Class Ideas

  10. Social Reforms Government Corruption • Tenement House Law • Meat Inspection Act • Pure Food & Drug Act • National Child Labor Committee • The Children’s Bureau • Prohibition Bribes & buying votes • Replace politicians with experts in their fields • Commission Plan • Council-Manager Plan • Give voters more say in the government • Direct Primary • Initiative • Referendum • Recall • 17th Amendment – direct election of Senators • Business Reforms • Sherman Anti Trust Act

  11. Look Back Match 3 muckrakers with the reforms Share with your partner what you wrote

  12. Class Ideas Muckraker Reform

  13. Exit Think back to your warm up – How would you go about getting this fixed. What would you do?

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