1. Also: Drop-off your last warm-up/closer sheet and the Political Reforms packet from break. Pick-up the one for this week!
Monday, 4/28
Describe a time when you or someone you know purchased food that was of poor quality or unfit to eat. What did you do?
If this has never happened to you, what do you think you would do?

2. Wednesday, 12/07 – 4th period only
Open your notebook to Morality Notes from yesterday.
We need to get caught up since we had a shortened class on Tuesday!

4. Moral, Economic, Political, Social Specific Reforms (Social)
Progressive Reforms
Categories
Moral, Economic, Political, Social
Specific Reforms (Social)
1. Safer Food
2. Safer Medicines

5. Lesson Essential Question
How do social issues and activism lead to reform? 5

6. FDA/Meat Inspection Act
Vocabulary
Conservationism
Suffrage
FDA/Meat Inspection Act
Tenements
Lynching 6

7. There are many – but they are some of the most fun to discuss!
Social Reforms
There are many – but they are some of the most fun to discuss!

8. SOCIAL REFORMS The idea that the government’s powers get expanded, so it could
become more active in improving
the lives of its citizens (a.k.a. Social Welfare)

9. Have you read “The Jungle”?
Social Reform #1
Safer Food
Have you read “The Jungle”?
Yuck!

11. http://acincinnatihistory. blogspot

13. A Famous Saying of The Times
Mary had a little lamb And when she saw it sicken, She sent it off to Packingtown And now its labeled CHICKEN!
A Famous Saying of The Times

14. Let’s Read some excerpts from The Jungle
Written by Upton Sinclair
Talks about the horrors of the meat packing industry
Informs public and gov’t. of problem

16. Original caption: Typical dressing room in an American meat-packing house. This industry first developed conveying-belt methods

17. Chicago - Meat Packing Industry - Swift's Packing House: pickling and curing warehouse (contains 10,000 tons of hams)

19. Splitting backbones and final inspection - hogs ready for cooler, Swift & Co., Chicago

20. Unhairing machine at work http://www. loc

22. Chicago - Meat Packing Industry - Swift's Packing House: automatic scraping machine (capacity 1000 hogs per hour)

24. Chicago - Meat Packing Industry - Swift & Co
Chicago - Meat Packing Industry - Swift & Co.'s Packing House: great soup kettles - capacity 350,000 lbs. each

25. Specific Detail of Issue Addressed
Safer Food
Government Inspection of Food Needed
Proper Labeling
Cleanliness of Factories

26. Result: Meat Inspection Act of 1906
All animals were required to pass an inspection by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to slaughter
All carcasses were subject to a post- mortem inspection
Cleanliness standards were established for slaughterhouses and processing plants.

27. Check this out!
Postmortem inspection, Source: Library of Congress

28. Closer – Mon., 4/28
In your opinion, do you think that Americans today are safe from the food and drug problems seen at the start of the 1900s? Please explain your position.

30. Tuesday, 4/29
Look at the “Vin Vitae” advertisement and highlight key words/phrases or pictures that reflects
the culture of this time period, and
something unusual or different compared to modern advertisements.
Explain what you highlighted for today’s warm-up.

31. Social Reform #2 Safer Medicines Restrict Harmful Drugs
Proper Labeling
Government Approval of Future Drugs/Medicines

32. Medicines did not require a prescription.
Patent Medicines
Medicines did not require a prescription.
Making exaggerated claims and were used for a variety of ailments.
Contained dangerous ingredients.

34. ...More Exaggerated Claims!
Note ↑

36. Cocaine was a common ingredient – even for children's medicines

37. Until 1903, a typical serving contained around 60mg of cocaine “You'll be surprised how quickly it will ease the tired brain”

43. Morphine

44. Notice it's from the makers of Bayer Aspirin...

45. Result: Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) created and responsible for testing all foods and drugs planned for human use
Prescriptions required from licensed physicians for certain drugs
Warning labels required on habit- forming drugs