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Muckraking
A study of the muck
Muckraking
• The exposing or revealing of corruption in the government or private business to the public
Chicago’s Union Stock Yards
Chicago’s Union Stock Yards
The Jungle
The Jungle’s effect
• Government created sanitation laws and other restrictions for the meat companies– This made food products
safer
• Made Chicago’s industry the focus of America
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Robber Barons• One of the American industrial or financial
tycoons who became wealthy by unethical means, such as exploitation of labor– Think monopoly guy
• Cornelius Vanderbilt was considered one• Argued for “laissez faire”
– What is laissez faire?
John D. Rockefeller
• President of Standard Oil Company– ExxonMobil, Chevron,
Conoco, BP, Marathon• Accused of being a robber
baron – corrupt boss• He had $257.6 BILLION in
today’s dollars– Bill Gates only has $100
billion
Labor Unions• Why would you want to be in a labor union?
– What does a labor union accomplish?
Haymarket Square Riot
• Chicago, May 4, 1886• 8 hour work day was scheduled to be
implemented on May 1, 1886• Some bosses weren’t following that law• Someone threw a bomb at the police• Most people thought it was an anarchist or
socialist. Why?
Haymarket Square Riot
• The media may have distorted the event• The governor pardoned some of the people
convicted in the deaths of police officers– Labor union population dropped dramatically
• International Labor Day is on May 1st
– Ours is in September– May 1 in the U.S. is Law Day
Labor Injustices
• We talked about robber barons who paid low wages and had disgusting working conditions
• Bosses weren’t afraid to hire children
Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire
• Women working in a shirt factory• Factory caught fire on the 8th, 9th, and 10th
floors• 146 workers died
Progressive Era
a period of reform which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s
Goals of Progressivism1. Social justice2. Moral improvement3. Democracy4. Economic Change5. Efficiency6. Conservation
Social Justice• Settlement houses• YMCA• Soup kitchens
Moral Improvement• Prohibition – 18th
amendment– A social movement led
by women
• Women’s Christian Temperance Union– Feminism
Democracy• Women’s suffrage –
19th amendment– More rights for more
people
• Direct Election of Senators – 17th amendment– Gave voters more
control
• Secret Ballot
Economic Change• Muckrakers• Child Labor laws • Trust Busting
– Trust – business entity formed with intent to monopolize
Trust Bustaz• refers to
government activities designed to break up trusts or monopolies
• No more laissez faire
Trust Bustaz