1. Time of Reform
Reform-to make something over to make it better. SS text Pages Progressives

2. Progressives
The progressives were trying to improve or reform life in the United States. They didn’t always agree with each other.
improve the work conditions (safety) for the workers
eliminate child labor
improve pay
ban alcohol
Make cities safer and cleaner

3. Muckrakers
Muckrakers were sensationalist journalists that were exposing poor working conditions, child labor, corruption, and crime. Upton Sinclair was an example of a muckraker. He wrote about the meat packing industry.

4. Upton Sinclair
Wrote The Jungle about the conditions in meat packing plants.

5. Theodore Roosevelt
Passed (1906) the pure Food and Drug Act. Meat Inspection Act to improve the safety of what we eat. He was also a conservationist and passed the National Parks

6. John Muir
A conservationist that took pictures of the U.S. in black and white.

7. 16th Amendments
Progressive income tax.

8. 17th Amendment
Allow citizens to elect U.S. senators.

9. 18th Amendment-Prohibition
Banned (prohibited, outlawed) the manufacture or distribution of alcohol.

10. 19th Amendment
Women get to vote. (sufferage)