1. Aim: How did Americans react to the problems of the Gilded Age?
Do Now:
Turn in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Homework
Homework:
Study notes and video worksheet for Quiz tomorrow on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Unit 7 Vocabulary due: Thursday
Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz - Thursday

2. Stations Activity
Directions:
You will have approximately 7 minutes per group to answer the four discussion questions per document.
Each Group Member is required to complete all the answers and discuss the information with their group members.
At the end of each seven minute segment, you will rotate to the next table.

3. Upton Sinclair – The Jungle
Upton Sinclair wrote
The Jungle, in 1906
Exposed the dangerous and unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
Led to the passing of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act (The first two acts of consumer protection legislation)

4. Jacob Riis – How The Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis wrote How The Other Half Lives, in 1890
Exposed the conditions of the poor and immigrants in urban tenements.
Led to the establishment of settlement houses, the most famous was Jane Adams’ Hull House in Chicago

5. Frank Norris – The Octopus
Frank Norris wrote The Octopus, in 1906
Exposed the monopolistic practices of railway companies in California
Showed the difficulties ranchers and farmers had with transporting their products

6. Ida Tarbell – The History of Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell wrote The History of Standard Oil in 1904.
Exposed the ruthless business practices of Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller.
Led to the break up of Stand Oil Company for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)

7. Lincoln Steffens – The Shame Of Our Cities
Lincoln Steffens wrote, The Shame of Our Cities, in 1906
Exposed the widespread political corruption in urban governments
Led to massive political reforms including:
Initiatives
Recalls
Referendums
17th Amendment

8. Closing Question
Which muckraker do you believe brought about the most important changes in American society? Why?