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Upton Sinclair

Progressive writer – expose on meat packing industry in US

The Jungle (1906) was an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies.

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Florence Kelley

Leader in area of work reform: Prohibit child labor Regulate sweatshops Limit hours of work

for women

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Mother Jones

Irish immigrant who was inspired by her own personal convictions and tragedies.

Organized unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado.

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What was a “muckraker”?

Muckraker is a name that was first given to American writers in the early 20th century who exposed corruption and scandals in business and politics.

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Ida Tarbell

• Famous exposé of the Standard Oil Company and its executive, John D. Rockefeller

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911

146 workers died in an unsafe factory when a fire broke out.

The doors were locked and many women jumped to their deaths.

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Jim Crow• After the end of

Reconstruction, African Americans in the South lost their hard-won political rights.

• Jim Crow (segregation) became a fact of life in the South.

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Lynching

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Woman’s Suffrage

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The Leaders….

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Protest at White House…

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