Progressive Reformers X-Ray Poster & Gallery Walk The American Industrial Revolution

Pair-Share What were the most important issues facing American society during the Industrial Revolution? What would be some possible remedies for these problems?

STANDARD 11.2.9. Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., federal regulation of railroad transport, Children's Bureau, the Sixteenth Amendment, Theodore Roosevelt, Hiram Johnson).

Objective Students will be able to Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives by creating an X-Ray Poster and completing a Gallery Walk.

Progressive Reformers Many people during the Industrial Revolution wanted to make society better. These people were called Progressive Reformers. In this lesson you will learn about several progressives and examine their significant contributions.

Grading Rubric 4 Awesome 3 Acceptable 2 Minimal 1 Unacceptable    4 Awesome 3 Acceptable 2 Minimal 1 Unacceptable Content: All assigned content is included and is accurate. Design: Logical and easy to read; layout complements content. All directions were followed. Visual Appeal: Illustration looks similar to leader. Pleasing use of color, shapes and symbols

Example Flap Information from stomach

Gallery Walk When you have finished your x-ray poster, post it on the wall – two feet from other posters. Walk around the room viewing all the posters of the progressive reformers and complete the worksheet: Progressive Reformers Chart.

Important Dates Test Unit 2/Packet Due – Thursday Benchmark = Friday

Wrap-Up

Hiram Johnson What he did Significance helped form the Progressive Party initiative referendum recall direct primary election eight-hour work day for women and children Workers Compensation Act pensions for retired teachers more government control of the railroads and utilities. Significance reform governor of California (1911–17) U.S. senator for 28 years (1917–45 ) Progressive Republican isolationist

Ida M. Tarbell What she did Exposed the ruthless business tactics of The Standard Oil Company Significance Muckraker – wrote for McClure’s Magazine The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904).

Theodore Roosevelt 26th President What he did expanded the powers of the presidency Increased government control over big railroad, oil, and meatpacking "trusts." Conserved land "Square Deal" domestic program: welfare legislation and government regulation Significance 26th president of the United States (1901–09) writer naturalist Soldier first environmentalist

William Howard Taft 27th President What he did Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) Seventeenth Amendment (direct election of senators) Significance 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) known as the "Great Trust-Buster."

Woodrow Wilson 28th president What he did Federal power to ensure equality of opportunity tariff reduction reform of the banking and monetary system new laws to weaken abusive corporations and restore economic competition Federal Reserve Act of 1913:regulates the nation's banks, credit, and money supply Significance President 1914-1918 Viewed monopolies as enemies of competition supported unions

Jane Addams What she did Significance Creator of Hull House A charity organization for the poor Worked toward establishing: first juvenile-court law, tenement-house regulation, eight-hour working day for women, factory inspection, workers' compensation Woman suffrage Significance American social reformer and pacifist. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace 1931

Upton Sinclair What he did Significance Wrote the book The Jungle Revealed the dangerous and unsanitary conditions in a slaughterhouse Pure Food and Drug Act was passed organized the EPIC (End Poverty in California) socialist reform movement; Significance Muckraker defeated as Democratic candidate for governor

Jacob Riis Significance What he did Wrote a book, How the Other Half Lives Showed the extreme poverty of working class Significance Photographer; took picture of poor living conditions

William Edward B. Du Bois What he did Created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights Significance American sociologist most important black protest leader

John Muir What he did Helped to pass the Yosemite national Park Bill Helped to get the government to conserve land (148 million acres of forests & # of national parks doubles in the U.S. (Roosevelt) Significance Environmentalist

Robert La Follette What he did Fought to clean up political corruption voters election of candidates Tax property owned by corporations Regulation of RR rates Creation of commission to regulate businesses Significance Attorney General U.S. House member 1901 Governor of Wisconsin

Wrap Up Discussion What do you think was the most significant reform of the Progressive Era?