US History: Spiconardi. The Progressive Era an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization.

The Progressive EraUS History: Spiconardi

Progressive Era

The Progressive Era an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

Muckrakers

Muckraker a journalist who exposes corruption and serious problems in America

Jacob Riis How the Other Half

Lives▪ Photojournalism which

details the living conditions of the urban poor

Muckrakers

Lincoln Steffens Exposes the corruption in cities by writing for McClure’s Magazine in a series called The Shame of Cities

Ida Tarbell Writes a 19-part series (The History of Standard Oil), which exposed the abuses of big business

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

Tammany Hall – a fraternity that controlled NYC politics through bribes and “kickbacks.” Cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Tiger to symbolize their corrupt fraternity

Big Business Abuses & Government. Corruption

What does this cartoon say about the way the police handled political corruption?

Meatpacking

The Jungle Upton Sinclair

writes a novel, which details the▪ unsanitary

conditions in meatpacking plants▪ living conditions of

the working poor

Meatpacking