16th Amendment - allowed the government to levy taxes based upon a person’s income. 17th Amendment - gave voters the power to directly elect their senators 18th Amendment - established prohibition in the United States 19th Amendment - granted full voting rights to women Alexander Graham Bell - patented the telephone in 1876 Bessemer process - was a method of steelmaking that burned off impurities in molten iron with a blast of hot air. Carrie Chapman Catt - became the president of NAWSA in
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of the most well-known muckrakers worked for McClure’s Magazine‚ where they wrote exposés on large companies‚ meat slaughtering houses‚ and city governments. These prominent and influential reporters included Ida M. Tarbell‚ Lincoln Steffens‚ Upton Sinclair‚ and Ray Stannard Baker. Now suppose that you‚ too‚ are an investigative journalist. Instead of choosing a business or government‚ you have been asked to write a piece on one of the muckrakers. Which muckraker will you investigate? And how
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in Chicago IL. This house was a great help to families. The child labor rate dropped between 1890 and 1920 (Doc3). Women were given their right to vote. Susan B. Anthony fought for women’s suffrage so woman can be treated equal as men (Doc8). Upton Sinclair wrote a book named “The Jungle” explaining how in factories spoiled meat could be used to be chopped up in other things (Doc2). A Progressive Party Platform was proposed to prevent industrial accidents for health and safety issues (Doc6). This
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ercy Bysshe Shelley ( /ˈpɜrsi ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛli/;[2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is critically regarded as among the finest lyric poets in the English language. Shelley was famous for his association with John Keats and Lord Byron. The novelist Mary Shelley was his second wife. He is most famous for such classic anthology verse works as Ozymandias‚ Ode to the West Wind‚ To a Skylark‚ Music‚ When Soft Voices Die‚ The Cloud and The Masque of Anarchy‚ which
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Message 3. Theory Two Step flow theory—someone gets it to the mass media‚ then it is sent out Co-Centric Circle—something gradually filters out Spiral of silence—don’t care about what is going on unless it belittles them Muckrakers 1. Upton Sinclair—the Jungle Novel- attacked deplorable conditions of the meat packing
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Muckrakers were early twentieth-century reformers whose 1 mission was to look for and uncover political and business corruption. The term muckraker‚ which referred to the "man with a muckrake" in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ was first used in a pejorative sense by Theodore Roosevelt‚ whose opinion of the muckrakers was that they were biased and overreacting. The movement began about 1902 and died down by 1917. Despite its brief duration‚ however‚ it had a significant
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During the Progressive Era‚ there were many problems politically‚ economically‚ and socially. These problems were not left alone‚ people of all sorts tried to stand up to the wrong during this time period. Laws would be passed‚ protests would take place‚ acts were put in place‚ and more. Despite all of this activity to solve the Progressive Era’s problems‚ they were only weakened. The Progressive Era had many immigrants come to America searching for a better life. Though the life conditions that
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The industrial revolution of the 1800s brought about a massive change on the social and economic life in America. The massive economic growth brought about industrial growth‚ growth in population‚ expansion of consumer marketplace and economic output rose by about 85 percent. Although farm and cities grew together‚ Eric Foner wrote‚ “But it was the city that became the focus of progressive politics and of a new mass-consumer society.” (684) People moved to the cities in search of jobs and opportunities
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Progressive Era DBQ The Progressive movement began in the late 1800’s‚ it was an attempt to bring governmental reforms and make the American life better. In “The Jungle – Upton Sinclair” it was stated the meat packing industry was being very unsanitary by the way they produced their meat. It also said that there were other things inside the meat that are not supposed to be inside the meat‚ like mold‚ rats‚ insects‚ and other things. As well as things that are not supposed to be in the meat‚ they
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