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US History: Spiconardi . The Progressive Era. Progressive Era. The Progressive Era a n era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization. Muckrakers. Muckraker a journalist who exposes corruption and serious problems in America
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US History: Spiconardi The Progressive Era
Progressive Era • The Progressive Era an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization
Muckrakers • Muckraker a journalist who exposes corruption and serious problems in America • Jacob Riis • How the Other Half Lives • Photojournalism which details the living conditions of the urban poor
Muckrakers • Lincoln Steffens Exposes the corruption in cities by writing for McClure’s Magazine in a series called The Shame of Cities • Ida Tarbell Writes a 19-part series (The History of Standard Oil), which exposed the abuses of big business
Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption Tammany Hall – a fraternity that controlled NYC politics through bribes and “kickbacks.” Cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Tiger to symbolize their corrupt fraternity
Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption What does this cartoon say about the way the police handled political corruption?
Meatpacking • The Jungle • Upton Sinclair writes a novel, which details the • unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants • living conditions of the working poor
