Aim: How did the Muckrakers achieve their goal of change?

Media played an investigative role throughout US history. How does OUR media try to influence or cause change today?

Muckraker – helped bring reform issues to the attention of the public Borax – A cleaning agent used in the making of glass, tanning oil and laundry detergent

“Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, by ruthless... efficiency of organization.” – Ida Tarbell Based on this quote above, what industry do you think she was attacking? Ida Tarbell goes after Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Co.!

What reform was made: Teddy Roosevelt uses the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to regulate Rockefeller’s monopoly!

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Chicago meat inspectors- 1906

ReformerWhy was Reform Necessary? What Reform was made? Ida Tarbell “The History of the Standard Oil Company” Jacob Riis “How the Other Half Lives” Upton Sinclair “The Jungle” Urban poor and slum living conditions Building codes in NYC Ventilation Fire escapes Unsanitary practices in the meat packing industry Pure Food and Drug Act Meat Inspection Act 1906 Rockefeller ruthless business practices Trust Busting Policies, Teddy Roosevelt (‘The Trustbuster’) uses the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

PRACTICE REGENTS QUESTIONS 1. A major goal of reformers and muckrakers during the Progressive Era was to 1.end segregation in the South 2.correct the abuses of big business 3.limit immigration from Latin America 4.enact high tariffs to help domestic industry grow

How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1890) The Jungle, Upton Sinclair (1906) The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (1939) Unsafe at Any Speed, Ralph Nader (1965) 2. What has been the impact of these authors and their books on American society? 1.Most American authors have adopted a conservative viewpoint 2.Most American authors have adopted a liberal viewpoint 3.American business has corrected poor conditions quickly. 4.These works have had significant influence on social, political, and economic reforms.

Why were all of these changes necessary in the United States during the early 1900’s?