Muckrakers

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 * Muckrakers **


 * Key People and Terms that must be researched: ** Muckrakers, Teddy Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act, 1902 Coal Strike, Trust-Busting, Square Deal, Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell.


 * Step One: ** Use the textbook and internet sources to collect information about your movement. Use dates when appropriate.

**Text Pages:** 308, 317-322, 326-327, 245, 262, 264

SIRS Researcher: Muckrakers GALE Student Resources in Context: Muckrakers GALE Student Resources in Context: Muckrakers and Yellow Journalism GALE Student Resources in Context: Conditions in Meat-Packing Plants, 1906 Jacob Riis Jabob Riis from the New York Times Masters of Photography, Jacob Riis GALE Student Resources in Context: The accidental icon: how Jacob Riis went from the muck to muckraker
 * ** Problems that needed to be solved: **
 * ** Reformers, Reform Organizations, methods and their accomplishments: **

Ida Tarbell from Allegheny College GALE Student Resources: Ida Tarbell

GALE Student Resources: Excerpt from The Jungle (by Upton Sinclair) Upton Sinclair from World Book Progressive Reform and the Trusts U.S. Constitution Online Sherman Antitrust Act Important Dates of the Progressive Era Progressive Era Politics U.S. Supreme Court Opinions Trust Busting Today Foodbourne Illness How Safe is the Food Supply? from Bloomberg Buisnessweek SIRS Researcher: What Ever Happened to Consumer Reporting?
 * ** Amendments to the Constitution: **
 * ** Acts of Congress: **
 * ** Supreme Court Decisions: **
 * ** Impact on today’s world: **

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 * Step Two: Primary Source Political Cartoons: ** Using the provided websites, find a political cartoon from the time period about the reform movement, paste it to this document and then write an explanation of that cartoon. The explanation must include a description of the main characters and the message of the cartoon.
 * @http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trcartoonsprompt.html
 * DOCs Teach: The Emergence of Modern America Political Cartoons


 * Step 3: Primary Source Pictures: ** Using the provided websites, find a picture(s) that help explain the goals and methods of the movement.
 * DOCs Teach: The Emergence of Modern America


 * Step Four: Interesting Facts: ** Share an interesting fact(s) about the movement and/or its leaders, and explain why it is interesting.


 * Step Five: Conclusions: ** Make a reasoned judgment as to the success of this movement and its impact on America today. First fill out the chart, followed by a summary.

**Web Activity** **Mucking the World a Better Place**