1. UNIT #5 – PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT LESSON #1 – Roots of Progressivism (162-164)

2. LESSON #1 – Progressivism VOCABULARY Progressivism (162) Muckrakers (163) The commission system (164) Direct primary (164) Initiative (164) Referendum (164) The recall (164) Direct election of senators (164) 17 th Amendment (164) ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1.What was the goal of the progressives? 2.How did muckrakers lead to the commission system?

3. Bell ringer What do you know about where your meat comes from? What has to happen for your meat to go from happy mooing cattle, to a burger on a bun? The industrial revolution was great for providing jobs, but some of the jobs were dangerous. It also provided people with easily purchased products, including food ready to eat. Meat was produced in meat packing plants At first, the conditions of the meat packing plants was horrible, and in need of reform Upton Sinclair wrote a novel, The Jungle, to expose the conditions in the meat packing plants, and the mistreatment to the workers http://www.schooltube.com/video/7d99103d6b2ed295c3eb/Upton-Sinclairs-The-Jungle

4. The Jungle What were some dangers? What disgusted you most? Why do you think nobody said anything?

5. The Jungle 1.What were some dangers? 2.What disgusted you most? 3.Why do you think nobody said anything? Acid in the pickle room Falling into a vat Sharp knives Your choice… Feared losing their job, or any other retaliation

6. What is Progressivism?

7. Read p. 162 1.What were progressives? 2.What were they not? 3.What did they believe caused the social problems? 4.Give the progressives a modern name… what would you call them?

8. What is Progressivism? Read p. 162 1.What were progressives? 2.What were they not? 3.What did they believe caused the social problems? 4.Give the progressives a modern name… what would you call them? People who wanted to fix the problems of government and society They were not an organized political group with an agenda industrialization and urbanization

9. Muckrakers 1.What were the muckrakers? 2.What did muckrakers uncover? 3.If muckrakers were to investigate our cafeteria, would they have anything to write about? click

10. Muckrakers 1.What were the muckrakers? 2.What did muckrakers uncover? 3.If muckrakers were to investigate our cafeteria, would they have anything to write about? Writers who exposed the issues in society and government corruption

11. Making Government Efficient Read p. 164 (second paragraph) 1.What is an example of corruption in local government? 2.How was the commission system supposed to help prevent this type of corruption?

12. Making Government Efficient Read p. 164 (second paragraph) 1.What is an example of corruption in local government? 2.How was the commission system supposed to help prevent this type of corruption? Politicians get elected, then give jobs to friends that might have no ability to do the job Government will have people working for it that are experts

13. Democratic Reforms There are two election periods every year, one in the spring, the other in the fall. The fall elections are the general elections. The spring are the “primary election,” or, the DIRECT PRIMARY. What is the purpose of this election (p. 165) Do you think there is corruption in our government? What is an example people use?

14. Democratic Reforms There are two election periods every year, one in the spring, the other in the fall. The fall elections are the general elections. The spring are the “primary election,” or, the DIRECT PRIMARY. 1.What is the purpose of this election (p. 165) 2.Do you think there is corruption in our government? 3.What is an example people use? To choose the people who will run in the general election

15. Where are the most corrupt countries in the world? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgbpqb0CVC8

16. LESSON #1 – Progressivism VOCABULARY Progressivism (162) Muckrakers (163) The commission system (164) Direct primary (164) Initiative (164) Referendum (164) The recall (164) Direct election of senators (164) 17 th Amendment (164) ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1.What was the goal of the progressives? 2.How did muckrakers lead to the commission system?