1. US History: Spiconardi

2.  The Progressive Era  an era in which reformers advocated for change and solutions to problems brought about by industrialization

3.  Muckraker  a journalist who exposes corruption and serious problems in America  Jacob Riis  How the Other Half Lives ▪ Photojournalism which details the living conditions of the urban poor

4.  Lincoln Steffens  Exposes the corruption in cities by writing for McClure’s Magazine in a series called The Shame of Cities  Ida Tarbell  Writes a 19-part series (The History of Standard Oil), which exposed the abuses of big business

7. Tammany Hall – a fraternity that controlled NYC politics through bribes and “kickbacks.” Cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Tiger to symbolize their corrupt fraternity

8. What does this cartoon say about the way the police handled political corruption?

9.  The Jungle  Upton Sinclair writes a novel, which details the ▪ unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants ▪ living conditions of the working poor