Progressive Era (muckrakers)

Question 1

Progressive era

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a time of reform during the late 1890s to the 1920s

Question 2

Theodore Roosevelt

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26th president of the United States from 1901-1909

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Tammany hall

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a corrupt Democratic political machine led by William “Boss” Tweed

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Political machine

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a party organization that is headed by a single boss

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I. Ending the Spoil System

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presidents from 1877-1901 supported reforms as corruption occurred often

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Pendleton Civil Service Act

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set up a merit system for awarding federal jobs

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II. William “Boss” Tweed

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he controlled all the work done in the city and gave donations to the poor in exchange for their votes, got arrested in Spain b/c of Thomas Nast

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Upton Sinclair

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exposed the gruesome details of slaughterhouses

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Muckraker

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investigative journalists that exposed the misdeeds of big businesses

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III. Muckrakers

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Newspaper journalists began exposing the problems in societies

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Jacob Riis

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photographed slums

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Lincoln Steffens

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exposed corruption in city government

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Ida Tarbell

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criticized the unfair business practices of Standard Oil

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Upton Sinclair

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exposed the conditions of slaughterhouses (wrote The Jungle)

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Ida Wells

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African-American journalist, discussed lynching problems of the south

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IV. Roosevelt’s Response

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Teddy was mad abt unsanitary food practices and demanded that Congress pass reform laws for this

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Meat Inspection Act (1906)

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ensured the safety of meat processed in slaughterhouses

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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

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mandated food labels and made medicine be regulated by the FDA