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The Progressive Era. Wealth and economic growth covered up the many problems that existed Negatives 1.Working Conditions 2.Poverty and Living Conditions.

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1 The Progressive Era

2 Wealth and economic growth covered up the many problems that existed Negatives 1.Working Conditions 2.Poverty and Living Conditions in Cities 3.Gap between Rich and Poor Increases 4.Farmers Struggle 5.Political Corruption 6.Treatment of Minorities Characteristics of the Gilded Age

3 Muckrackers Temperance Suffragettes Populists Labor Unions Civil Rights Progressivism- reform movement of early 1900’s that focused on improving the negative conditions created by industrialization

4 Muckrakers journalists whose spotlight on corruption in business, government, and society led to social reform

5 How did the other half live?

6 The Shift to the City Urbanization- process in which an increasing proportion of a population lives in cities or suburbs of cities

7 Tenement a rundown apartment used to house large numbers of low-income families.

8 PHOTOGRAPHER JACOB RIIS CAPTURED IMAGES OF THE CITY

9 Jacob Riis Wrote- How the Other Half Lives Living conditions of the poor Lead to creation of laws that improved living conditions in cities

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12 “Home of an Italian Ragpicker,” 1888

13 “One of Four Pedlars Who Slept in the Cellar of 11 Ludlow Street Rear,” c. 1892

14 Lincoln Steffans The Shame of the Cities Political Corruption in the cites Helped to expose the corruption and lead to political changes

15 Frank Norris The Octopus Exposed abuses of Railroad monopolies against farmers Helped lead to breakup of monopolies

16 Ida Tarbell Wrote History of the Standard Oil Company Showed how Rockefeller’s rise to power was based on ruthless business practices. Helped lead to the break up of the trust

17 Upton Sinclair Unsanitary conditions in the Meat packing industry Wrote The Jungle Helped lead to the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act

18 Ida Wells- Barnett Exposed the Racism, lynching, killing of blacks Helped pave the way for civil rights movement

19 Lewis Hine Photographer Abuses of Child Labor Helped lead to the creation of laws outlawing Child labor Keating Owen Act

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24 John Muir Protecting the Environment Formed the Sierra Club His efforts helped lead to the creation of National Parks

25 founded Hull House in Chicago Settlement Houses provided a place to stay, learn, receive ;health care and other social services for poor Jane Addams

26 Hull House Complex, 1902

27 Hull House Kindergarten Class, 1902

28 W.E.B Du Bois Equal treatment for African Americans Founded N.A.A.C.P National Association for the Advancement of Colored People politically active in fighting for rights Stressed education

29 Frances Willard Temperance and Women’s Suffrage Formed Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Helped lead to creation of 18 th (prohibition-banning sale of Alcohol) and 19 th amendments (women's suffrage)

30 Conspicuous Display of Wealth, Millionaire’s Row, New York Carnegie Mansion Vanderbilt Chateau

31 Nouveau Riche The New Rich Conspicuous Consumption- spending money just to show off wealth


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