About 75% of the cattle in the United States that were used for McDonald’s hamburgers were fed waste (poop) that also included the remains of dead sheep and dead cattle until They were also fed dead cats ground up in a processor and dead dogs every year. Nowadays, the government allows dead pigs, dead horses, and chicken manure to put into cattle feed. In the slaughter houses, places where cows are killed and turned into beef for McDonald’s, hamburger, the cows’ bones are ripped out with a machine. These machines are not cleaned very well and bacteria grows on them. These machines are used daily. Cow stomachs and intestines are pulled out by the workers. Sometimes, the materials in these organs may spill everywhere, even the meat that we will eat. ( Makes you want to order a #3…doesn’t it?) -Excerpt from the book: Fast Food Nation

How do you feel about the excerpt? Why? Are there any changes you would make to how McDonald’s runs its business?

Reformer A person who looks to improve or better the conditions in society 1900: child labor, dangerous factory conditions, discrimination against immigration, low wages, poor housing conditions (tenements), no free schools Jacob Riis: MUCKRAKER – wrote a BOOK “how the other half lives” Wanted to Change life for immigrants. PROGRESSIVE ERA: A time when society wanted to improve itself. How to GET BETTER

Upton Sinclair The Jungle meatpacking industry –packers used meat from sick animals – rats often got ground up in the meat –dyed to make it seem healthy

Jane Addams Hull House was the first Settlement House in Chicago –theater, art gallery, clubs, dining hall, nursery school, residence for working women, the only library in the neighborhood, and one of the first free gymnasiums in the country –More than a thousand people from the neighborhood came to the settlement each week for its education, artistic, and social programs

Lincoln Steffens Steffens sought to bring about political reform in urban America by appealing to the emotions of Americans. – gave examples of corrupt governments throughout urban America – In New York City, boss William Tweed carried corruption to new extremes During the 1860s and 1870s, he cheated the city out of more than $100 million.

Robert Hunter In 1904 Hunter published his book Poverty –Chicago and New York –evils of child labor taking place –10 million people living in poverty in America

President Woodrow Wilson Trusts as basically evil –controlling them and bringing back free competition to the marketplace –New Freedom lower the tax Control banking –Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act in 1913 »set up federal banks »raise or lower interest rates »control the money supply

President Theodore Roosevelt “The SQUARE” Deal Not against big business saw the difference between good and bad trusts –advantage of workers and cheated the public Sherman Antitrust Act

Square Deal Meat Inspection Act (1906), which allowed federal employees to inspect all meat crossing state lines and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), which forbade (not allow) the sale of contaminated (infected) or falsely labeled goods on national market.

Activity: Before and After Create a poster that explains ONE problem during the Progressive Era in the before box OR in the after box, explain ONE action taken to make it better. You can use pictures, words, etc. Be creative! EXCELLENT  Uses relevant information in the poster that demonstrates a clear and detailed understanding of progressives (ex: descriptions, visuals, comparisons)  Uses at least two key words  Product is creative, accurate, and complete GOOD  Uses relevant information in the poster that demonstrates an understanding of progressives (ex: descriptions, visuals, comparisons)  Uses at least two key words  Product is complete and creative SATISFACTORY  Uses supporting details that are relevant, but limited, general, or inconsistent in the poster about progressives  Uses one key word and/or two key words, but does not display a clear understanding of the definition  Product is complete