The Progressive Era (from to ) Goals of the Progressive Movement: 1. Promote better 2. Help more people 3. End

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1 Progressive Era Packet Name: Period: B The Progressive Era (from to ) Goals of the Progressive Movement: 1. Promote better 2. Help more people 3. End Problem Corruption & Reformer (person who makes change) Multiple reformers Reform (Solution, or positive change) Political choose U.S. Senators, not Multiple reformers amendment: elect senators Only white men vote amendment: Southern African Americans still can t vote! Economic Monopolies control industries & ( trust buster ) Act (finally enforced by ) Multiple reformers Immigrants and poor city residents lack education, health care, etc. Jane Addams Houses, Ex: Social Unsafe (wrote The Jungle) Act: Act:

2 BIG BUSINESS NOTES Define industry: Define consolidation: Write your OWN example of consolidation: Effects of consolidation Positive: Negative: Define monopoly: Read #1 Big Business) and answer the questions below the Hester Way. 1. Write 1 sentence about a business that shows the meaning the words stock and shareholder. 2. What industry did John D. Rockefeller control? 3. What industry did Andrew Carnegie control? John D. Rockefeller 4. What is philanthropy? 5. Why did some people criticize Carnegie and Rockefeller? Andrew Carnegie 6. What was the purpose of the Sherman Ant-Trust Act?

3 My First Job Questions 1. Describe Rose s working conditions. (Describe = details! Your answer should be more than 1 sentence.) 2. Why don t the other women at the sweatshop like Rose? How do you know? 3. Why doesn t Rose complain to her father about her work? Read Changes in the Workplace in your reading packet & answer the questions below the HESTER WAY 1. What are unions? 2. How do unions help workers get better working conditions? 3. Draw a picture that shows the definition of union. 4. Summarize the Coal Strike of First, Then, Next, Finally,

4 5. Summarize the Newsies strike of First, Then, Next, Finally, 5. How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire help change working conditions? 6. Explain a modern day example of a union or a disaster that has brought better conditions. Read Muckrakers and answer the questions below the HESTER WAY & IN YOUR OWN WORDS. 1. Define muckraker: 2. What did Ida Tarbell write about? 3. What was Upton Sinclair s The Jungle about? 4. What was the result of Upton Sinclair s book? Jacob Riis & Tenement Life Photo Analysis What do you see in these pictures? Do you think these photographs are trustworthy accounts of what life was like in American cities? Why or why not?

5 Does the fact that these photographs are posed take away some of their trustworthiness about how poor urban Americans lived? (Photographic technology at the time required that subjects had to sit for minutes at a time.) What do you think Riis wanted to communicate to his audience through these photos? Jacob Riis s How the Other Half Lives The Italian in New York The Italian comes in at the bottom. In the slums he is welcomed as a tenant who "makes less trouble" than the Irishman: is content to live in a pig-sty and lets the rent collector rob him. Ordinarily he is easily enough governed by authority except for Sunday, when he settles down to a game of cards and lets loose all his bad passions. Like the Chinese, the Italian is a born gambler. His soul is in the game from the moment the cards are on the table, and very frequently his knife is in it too before the game is ended. Chinatown Red and yellow are the holiday colors of Chinatown, but they do not lend brightness in Mott Street. Rather, the colors only add a general dullness. Whatever happens in Chinatown goes on behind closed doors in stealth and secretiveness. His business, as his domestic life, shuns the light, less because there is anything to conceal than because that is the way of the man. The stranger who enters through the doorway is received with sudden silence, a sullen stare, and an angry "Vat you vant?" that breathes annoyance and distrust. Jewtown Poverty always goes along with dirt and disease, and Jewtown is no exception. The diseases these people suffer from are not due to intemperance or immorality, but to ignorance, want of suitable food, and the foul air in which they live and work. The homes of the Hebrew quarter are its workshops also. Every member of the family, from the youngest to the oldest, works, shut in the stuffy rooms, where meals are cooked and clothing washed and dried besides, all day long. It is not unusual to find a dozen persons--men women, and children--at work in a single small room. It has happened more than once that a child recovering from small-pox, and in the most contagious stage of the disease, has been found crawling among heaps of half-finished clothing that the next day would be offered for sale on the counter of a Broadway store. Source: Excerpts from Jacob Riis s book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis was a muckraker who photographed poverty in New York City s slums in the 1880s. Guiding Questions SOURCING Who wrote this? What type of document is this? The author s purpose in writing this was I think the sort of people who read this were I do/don t trust this document because CONTEXTUALIZATION I already know that at this time

6 This document might not give me the whole picture because CLOSE READING The author is trying to convince the readers that The author tries to convince the readers by using the words J ane Addams Hull House Primary Source Questions Write the Hester Way! Poor immigrants were flooding America s big cities around At this time, the government did very little to help the poor. Jane Addams moved to Chicago to start a settlement house called the Hull House. Objective: Your job is to figure out HOW the Hull House helped poor immigrants. Living Conditions 1. Look at Image C and D. Write 4 observations of the neighborhood Look at Image A & B. (Read the captions, too!) What changes did Jane Addams and the Hull House make to the neighborhood? Images E, F, G & H 3. What services did the Hull House offer to the community? e. f. g. h. 4. Why do you think these services were offered? Use ALL OF THE SOURCES and your answers from above to answer these questions: 5. Explain the purpose of the Hull House. 6. Which goals of the Progressive Movement did the Hull House help achieve?

7 Read Fighting Political Corruption and answer the questions below: 1. Define kickback: 2. Define patronage: 3. What was wrong with city politics in the late 1800s? (Answer in a paragraph and use kickback & patronage in your answer.) 4. Use the information from your reading to complete the graphic organizer below: Before Reform After Voters select their party candidates Only members of state legislature can introduce bills Voters can propose bills to the legislature Only legislators pass laws 5. Which of the political reforms of the Progressive Era do you think is the most important? Explain your answer.

8 IRON JAWED ANGELS: MOVIE GUIDE Suffrage: Picket: NAWSA: 1. Why do the factory workers end up supporting a woman s right to vote? (8:40) Alice Paul: leader of suffragist movement & National Women s Party 2. What methods do the women use to raise promote their cause? (21:15) 3. What excuses to Congressmen give for not supporting suffrage for women? (30:00) Carrie Chapman Catt: leader of suffragist movement & NAWSA 4. Carrie Chapman Catt and NAWSA try to get women the vote state by state. How do Alice Paul and the National Women s Party differ in how they want to get the vote for women? (44:20-48:08) 5. Why do some women not want to picket a wartime president? (1:12:20-1:19:00; ) 6. How do the women protest their imprisonment? (1:19:00; 1:37:50-1:40:37) 7. Why does President Wilson end up supporting a woman s right to vote? (1:49:30-end)

9 Opening Activities (O.A.s)

10 Opening Activities (O.A.s)

11 Progressive Movement Political Cartoon Many muckrakers exposed corruption or injustice through political cartoons in newspapers. Your assignment is to create a political cartoon about one of the following issues: 1. Suffragists-women fighting for the right to vote 2. Upton Sinclair and/or Teddy Roosevelt and the meat scandal 3. Ida Tarbell and/or Teddy Roosevelt trust busting (breaking up monopolies) 4. Settlement houses serving poor city residents. 5. Corruption in city government (kickbacks, patronage, etc.) 6. Another topic of your choice from our Progressive unit. 7 Steps to a Perfect Political Cartoon Step 1: Choose the topic that you understand the most. Step 2: Brainstorm (and rough sketch) a few ideas on that topic. Choose the best one and start drawing. Step 3: Make sure your cartoon has symbolism. If you draw the event/issue exactly like it happened, that is NOT symbolism. Step 4: Add a creative title. Don t just write the topic of the cartoon. Think outside the box! Step 5: Ask someone who isn t in 8 th grade to analyze it to see if they can figure it out. You want it to be difficult enough to make them think critically about the topic, but not too hard that they won t understand it. Step 6: Neatly color your cartoon. Step 7: Write a paragraph on the back explaining you re the topic you chose, your cartoon and its symbolism. Paragraph should: Describe the topic you chose (include the who, what, when, where, why how). What is the main message of your cartoon? How do the symbols, words, actions, color, etc. in your cartoon support your main message? WARNING: It is very tempting to copy cartoons that have already been done. Some students believe that they can take an idea from an artist, change a thing or two, and then claim it is their own. This is plagiarism and will result in a 0 grade for the assignment. You must come up with an original idea.

12 Name: Period: Political Cartoon Grading Rubric *Turn this sheet in with your cartoon* Knowledge of the Topic / 13 Creativity & Neatness / 6 Visual Expression of Ideas / 8 Title / points 7-11 points 0-6 points The political cartoon (visuals, cartoon text, and paragraph explanation) demonstrates higher level understanding of an issue. The political cartoon (visuals, cartoon text, and paragraph explanation) demonstrates an understanding of an issue. The political cartoon (visuals, cartoon text, and paragraph explanation) demonstrates that the student is still struggling to understand the issue. 5-6 points 3-4 points 0-2 points The cartoon is colored and The cartoon is Text and Text and graphics are drawn neatly Text and graphics are legible and somewhat illegible. Images are clearly legible neatly presented. and is outstandingly presented. 7-8 points 4-6 points 0-3 points The political cartoon is rich with symbolism. The message goes beyond a statement and reflects an indepth opinion answering more than one of the questions to answer. The political cartoon has symbolism. The cartoon demonstrates an opinion on the topic. The political cartoon demonstrates no symbolism. The message does not really go beyond a statement about the topic. 3 points 2 points 0 points Caption is related to design and provides a clear cue about meaning and topic. Caption is related to the design and topic. There is no caption, or the caption does not connect to the topic. TOTAL: / 30 points Comments

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