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US History: Spiconardi.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization.

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1 US History: Spiconardi

2  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

3  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

4  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

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7 Tammany Hall – a fraternity that controlled NYC politics through bribes and “kickbacks.” Cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Tiger to symbolize their corrupt fraternity

8 What does this cartoon say about the way the police handled political corruption?

9  The Jungle  Upton Sinclair writes a novel, which details the ▪ unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants ▪ living conditions of the working poor

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