Warm-Up: What does this tell us about meat factories during this era? "All day long the blazing midsummer sun beat down upon that square mile of abominations: upon tens of thousands of cattle crowded into pens whose wooden floors stank and steamed contagion; upon bare, blistering, cinder-strewn railroad tracks and huge blocks of dingy meat factories, whose labyrinthine passages defied a breath of fresh air to penetrate them; and there are not merely rivers of hot blood and carloads of moist flesh, and rendering-vats and soup cauldrons, glue- factories and fertilizer tanks, that smelt like the craters of hell-there are also tons of garbage festering in the sun, and the greasy laundry of the workers hung out to dry and dining rooms littered with food black with flies, and toilet rooms that are open sewers.“ - The Jungle, The Jungle, Ch. 26

President Theodore Roosevelt

Who was Theodore Roosevelt? Former Rough Rider was only 42 when he became the president Believed in Social Darwinism – all nations are competing and only the strong will survive “Speak softly….” ***What does that mean?***

Turn and Talk “Speak softly but carry a big stick; you will go far.” 1) What do you think this phrase means? 2) What can you assume about Roosevelt’s policies from this quote?

Roosevelt and the Trusts TR thought trusts aided American power but hurt the public interest Wanted to make sure trusts/monopolies were not abusing their power Becomes the “trustbuster” suing for violations of Sherman Anti-Trust Act Think-Pair-Share: What do you see? What does it mean?

Regulating Big Business TR encouraged the Govt to watch businesses to make sure their practices were legal Some industries: meat packing, railroad medicine

Think – Pair – Share: What do you see?

Turn and Talk: What do you see?

Teddy the Conservationist Urged America to conserve its resources Wanted public land use regulated Created the National Parks system

Political Cartoon Analysis

What about the Panama Canal? TR knew Panama Canal could greatly aid US economy US supports Panamanian Independence Panama lets US build Canal and control region Lots of disease

Group Activity Analyze the 2 photographs that follow What do they tell us about the Panama Canal? Look carefully and talk to each other?

“The Jungle” (From Chapter 14) old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white – it would be dosed with borax and glycerine, and dumped into the hoppers, and made for home consumption. There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor… where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumption germs. There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it, and thousands of rats would race about on it … a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats. These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them; they would die, and then rats, bread, and meat would go into the hoppers \ the man who did the shoveling would not trouble to lift out a rat even when he saw one – there were things that went into the sausage in comparison with which a poisoned rat was a tidbit… no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was to be ladled into the sausage. - In Groups – Come Up to the Board and Write Down An Idea As We Go Around - For Turn in - List ways that Progressives might fix the listed problems (government Programs)

Exit Ticket What do you think that Teddy Rossevelt did that had the greatest impact in the US way of life? Why? REMEMBER TO STATE – your answer REASONS – for your answer EXPLAIN – how the State and Reasons are related