The Problems at the Turn of the Century (1900)

11.2.1 Know the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including

the portrayal of working conditions and food safety in Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

11.2.4 Analyze the effect of urban political machines and responses to them by

immigrants and middle-class reformers.

HOT ROC- Class brainstorm What problems existed at the

beginning of the 20th Century?

Read p. 205

Upton Sinclair The

“muckrakers”—a group of journalists (writers) who uncovered the nation’s problems.

First investigative journalists

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (1906)

Other muckrakers Ida Tarbell—

investigated Rockefeller’s Standard Oil

Led to break up of Standard Oil under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1911)

Modern Muckraker: – what problems might a muckraker

uncover today?

Fast Food Nation (2002) exposes problems with our meat today

Activity:Progressive Era

Problems16.3 & 16.4

Activity Description You will be shown several images, for

each image, read the corresponding section of the book and write down the following:– 2-3 details about the specific problem– 1 suggestion you have to address/fix the

problem

Conditions in the Slums: Write down the following:

2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Conditions in the Workplace: Write down the following:

2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Unsafe Products, Buyer Beware: Write down the following:

2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Extracting Natural Resources:

Write down the following:2-3 details about the specific problem

1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem

Polluting Water and Air: Write down the following:

2-3 details about the specific problem1 suggestion you have to address/fix the problem