1. Progressive Era

2. Prompt #7
What problems exist today (2014)? How do you know these problems exist? How does society attempt to solve these problems?

3. What do we know about this time period (1890-1920)
What do we know about this time period ( )? What problems were they facing?

4. Industrialization brought both good and bad
The Roots
Industrialization brought both good and bad
Low wages, poor working conditions, poor living conditions
Tried to expand services: water, education, sewage
Political corruption got in the way

5. The Progressive’s Goals
Gov’t more accountable to citizens’ needs
Gov’t should deal with power of wealthy
Gov’t should have more power to improve conditions
Gov’t should be more efficient and less corrupt

6. Igniting Action
Writers and journalists worked to bring changes
Publicized the inform  get public active with legislators
Muckrakers: rake used to clean manure from hay stables
Teddy Roosevelt  journalists that alerted the public to wrongdoings in politics and business
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle (conditions of meatpacking industry)
Ida Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company (abuses by Standard Oil)

8. What were your reactions to the information in this reading?
Reading Response
What were your reactions to the information in this reading?
If you were a citizen reading this in 1904, what would you do?
If you were a government official reading this, what would you do?