1. Chapter 6, Lesson 2 The Progressive Movement
Mr. Julian's 5th Grade Class

2. Essential Question
How did Roosevelt’s presidency affect the social, political, moral, and economic reforms?

3. Places
Yosemite National Park
Grand Canyon National Monument

4. People
Ida Tarbell
Upton Sinclair
John Muir

5. Vocabulary
Trust
Progressive
Muckraker
Blue Laws
Conservation

6. Problems of an Industrial Society
Working in factories was often dangerous.
There were fire hazards and many of the workers were poorly trained to operate the equipment.
Children that worked were not able to attend school.

7. Problems of an Industrial Society
Factories threatened the environment because they filled the air and water with pollution.
As industry became more important many joined together to from trusts.
Trusts have the power to drive out competition and form monopolies.

8. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives
Roosevelt was a progressive or a reformer who worked to stop unfair business practices and improve government.
One group of Progressives were some writers called Muckrakers because they uncovered “muck” in some businesses.

9. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives
On muckraker was Ida Tarbell.
In 1902 she wrote about the dangers of the trusts in Standard Oil, the company John D. Rockefeller started.
In 1906 muckraker Upton Sinclair wrote a novel called The Jungle about the conditions in the meat packing plants in Chicago.

10. Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives
Roosevelt signed two reform acts, the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.
The Meat Inspection Act allowed government inspectors to check to make sure the meat was safe to eat.
The Pure Food and Drug Act made food and medicine safer by knowing the truth about the products.

11. Impact of Reforms
Progressives believed that change would come through new laws.
Some new laws made buildings safer, coal mines were inspected, and schools had to hire nurses to protect children’s health.
Children were also required to attend school.

12. Impact of Reforms
Blue Laws were designed to solve many social problems.
One such problem was the abuse of alcohol.
One long-lasting law was the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution which allowed for the government to tax income.

13. Caring for Nature
John Muir had a great impact on the conservation of the country's special areas.
Conservation is the protection of something from being destroyed.
One such place that was saved was the Yosemite National Park, in California.

14. Caring for Nature
Roosevelt wanted to keep many of the countries natural wonders protected.
In 1908 he set aside 800,000 acres in Arizona as the Grand Canyon national Monument.
Roosevelt created 16 national monuments, 51 wildlife refuges, and 5 new national parks.

15. Timeline 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt became President
Upton Sinclair published the Jungle, a book that exposed unsafe conditions in Chicago’s meat packing plants.
The Sixteenth Amendment created a national income tax.