1. Muckraker: someone who searches for real or alleged corruption or scandals
WORD OF THE DAY
WARM-UP
Will the 3rd party pull evenly from the Rep/Dem parties or will it pull from one more than the other?
Answer these 2 questions from yesterday’s lesson:
1. Historically, what happens to third parties in American Politics?
2. The Populist Party was a third party that didn’t last… What happened to their concerns?
Republican Party
50%
Democratic Party
50%
Populist Party
? %

2. MUCKRAKERS AND THE SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT
The Progressive Era
Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle
MUCKRAKERS AND THE SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT

3. Muckrakers raking up the “dirt” in American Society.
What is a Muckraker?
What is a Muckraker? (Look at the Document) From the cartoon, how would you describe what a muckraker is?
Exposes corruption
Shock Americans into Action
Muckrakers raking up the “dirt” in American Society.

4. Progressivism: A Formula for Progress
Progressive Movement
Activities of Journalists
Protestant Evangelicalism
The reaction of the educated middle class
Populism

5. Muckrakers
Frank Norris: wrote The Octopus, a fictional work that depicted the stranglehold of railroads over California farmers.
Ida Tarbell: in her History of the Standard Oil Company (1902), showed how John D Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices.
Lincoln Steffens: exposed corruption in city and state governments in his book, The Shame of Cities (1904)

6. What do you see in the Document?
Jacob Riis
What do you see in the Document?
Document B
Document C
Brainstorm a solution:
Progressive Solution:
Jacob Riis: photographed conditions of the urban poor in How The Other Half Lives. His Book examined the conditions of the poor in American Cities.
Settlement Houses, Salvation Army, Churches open doors to help poor

7. Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair: his novel, The Jungle, (1906) described the unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry.
What do you see in the Document?
Document D
Document E
Brainstorm a solution:
Progressive Solution:
Meat Inspection Act (1906)
Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

8. Do muckrakers still exist today?
Do they still report on social issues?
The National Enquirer was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for the leaking the scandal of Jon Edwards (former North Carolina Senator) affair with a colleague
The Guardian reported Edward Snowden’s leak of the NSA

9. Think about it….
Look at all the muckrakers we have talked about today…. Circle which one you think dug up the worst dirt? Which one would make you want to call for reform?

10. The Social Gospel Movement
What was the social gospel movement? A new social movement that was started by Protestant preachers who called for many reforms.
Who were the Social Gospel Reformers? Protestant ministers, middle and upper class women

11. Child Labor Does child labor still exist today? Document F
What do you see in this photograph?
How is your life different from children of this time?
Progressive Solution   
Does child labor still exist today?
Child Labor Act (1916) Prohibited the sale of goods created by child labor interstate commerce

12. Poor Working Conditions
Do these tragedies still occur today?
Poor Working Conditions
Poor Working Conditions
Document G
What had happened in this newspaper headline?
What other poor working conditions existed?
Progressive Solution   
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, March 25, 1911: 123 women, 23 men died in a clothing factory fire. All doors and stairwell exits had been locked to prevent workers from taking extended breaks.
Department of Labor was created in 1913 to study the problems of labor, collect statistics, and enforce federal labor laws.

13. Poor Living Conditions
Document H
How many people does it appear live in this building?
What dangers can you list?
Progressive Solution
Settlement Houses, Sanitation Laws, Public Schools for Children

14. Settlement Houses
Settlement Houses: an all-purpose community center for poor people living in crowded cities which provided:
Child Care
Nursing Services
English Lessons
Other services for poor the in the cities
Jane Addams was a role model for middle-class women who volunteered to help their community. She is also the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession in the U.S.

15. Think about it before you leave…
What is one thing you will take away from today?