1. Progressive Mini-Q
US History

2. Document A: Conservation: John Muir Born in Scotland 1838
University of Wisconsin
Co-found of Sierra Club 1892
Worked with T. Roosevelt to set up Yosemite Nat’l Park 1905

3. John Muir
Preservationist – opposed to commercial use of national lands
Muir Woods
Disagreed with Progressive ally Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot felt the purpose of the forests & rivers was to serve humanity, under the watchful eye of gov.t

4. Old-Growth Forests in the U.s.

5. Document B: Child Labor: Lewis Hine
Hired by the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC – est. 1914) to investigate & photograph the plight of America’s working children
Photography helped pass the Keating-Owen Act in 1916
Restrict work for children under 14
Declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1918

7. Document C: Women’s Suffrage
Movement began with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
WY first state to grant full suffrage for women
By 1908, 27 states granted women some voting rights (no vote for President or Congress)

9. Jane Addams Not generally regarded as a suffragist
Interested in social reform
Realized women’s vote was necessary to win support for reforms in education, tenement (renter) safety and food inspection

10. Document D: Food Safety: Upton Sinclair Born in 1878 in MD
Life-long socialist
The Jungle was Sinclair’s 1st literary success
People sent T. Roosevelt angry letters demanding meat-packing industry be more closely regulated
Meat Inspection Act was passed by Congress in 1906

11. The Jungle – Upton Sinclair