1. Immigration Notes
2/23/2019
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2. Upton Sinclair

5. Muckraking: expose conditions by writing about them
Problems Addressed
Poor and dangerous conditions in factories
Ideas to Solve Problems
Muckraking: expose conditions by writing about them
The Jungle led to the Pure Food & Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act

6. W. E. B. Du Bois

8. “Herein lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being black here in the dawning of the Twentieth Century. The meaning is not without interest to you…for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line.”

9. Problems Addressed
Racism, poverty, education
Ideas to Solve Problems
Af.-Ams fight for equal rights
Race struggles are more important than economic struggles
Education of the “Talented Tenth”
Unify Af.-Ams to achieve progress

10. Mother Jones

11. capitalism forces competition and workers pay the price
Problems Addressed
capitalism forces competition and workers pay the price
worker’s rights (& child labor)
Ideas to Solve Problems
Supported labor unions and worker-owned businesses
Higher pay, shorter work days, better conditions, protection of children
Socialism, not capitalism, was best for U.S.

12. Ida Tarbell

13. Problems Addressed
Abuses of capitalism and big business
Ideas to Solve Problems
Use media to expose problems with Standard Oil (J.D. Rockefeller)
Believed good reporting could inspire change

14. Hiram Johnson

15. Ideas to Solve Problems Supported the direct election of U.S. senators
Problems Addressed
Politics in CA & U.S.
Ideas to Solve Problems
Supported the direct
election of U.S. senators
Added to CA gov’t
Initiative (voting for new law)
Referendum (voting to overturn law)
Recall (voting to remove an official)

16. Theodore Roosevelt “T.R.”

17. Monopolies, environment, working conditions Ideas to Solve Problems
Problems Addressed
Monopolies, environment, working conditions
Ideas to Solve Problems
Gov’t. regulation of business
Creating national parks
Worker’s rights, labor laws, women’s suffrage, fair elections
"The object of the government
is the welfare of the people."

18. Robert La Follette

19. Problems Addressed
Political corruption (bribes, etc.)
Ideas to Solve Problems
Direct election of politicians
Corporations taxed the same as individuals
Create fair railroad rates
Create commissions to regulate RRs
“Wisconsin Idea”

20. Immigration Notes
2/23/2019
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Americans 7