Social Change: Progressive Era due to rapid Upton Sinclair Pure Food and Drug Act- industrialization, led to many social His book The Jungle exposed dangers in Meat Inspection Act Muckrakers problems the meatpacking industry. -regulate the meat packing industry and -A writer or photographer who exposed Jacob Riis protect consumers from eating tainted problems in society, business and/or His book of photographs called How The meat. government. Other Half Lives exposed poor living Robber Barons conditions in U.S. cities. 16th/17th Amendments Monopolies Political Change: -1857 suggested that African Americans KKK Pave the Way for Civil rights activist of Lynching enslaved or free were not citizens of the 60s Ida B. Wells-Strange Fruit Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. United States -Sharecropping system Plessy challenged 14th Amendment. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of ed., -slavery Focal point of southern -Mass Terrorism -SCOTUS Distinction between races exist economy. Based on growing Rice/cotton -Unequal structures -Every Govt in the south enforces -Sectionalism/ Civil War -Great Migration segregation laws. laws were passed that -Jim Crow Laws- Rampant discrimination -Jackie Robinson restricted African American travel, housing, -Separate but -Civil Rights schools, use of private and public facilities, -Segregation- Separate but equal amusement parks and other recreational inherently unjust areas. Civil Disobedience 60s -NAACP -Dr. King Voter rights Economic Change: -shifted from agrarian economy to Corporations (businesses owned by st/Capital -Poor Working Conditions Industrialization -cheap labor could be raised by sale of industrialization -Monopolies stocks/Monopolies/Trusts- when a business has -Rapid Industrialization -Low Paw most or all the business in an industry/Many -Robber of Industry -Govt Corruption people feared monopolies were too -Carnegie/Morgan/Vanderbilt/ -Unsafe food powerful/Limited competition, control consumer Rockefeller -Pollution prices/Too much influence on government -Social Darwinism/Laissez Faire (bribes; graft
Social Change: Muckrakers Progressive Era due to rapid industrialization, led to many social problems -A writer or photographer who exposed problems in society, business and/or government. Robber Barons Monopolies Upton Sinclair His book The Jungle exposed dangers in the meatpacking industry. Jacob Riis His book of photographs called How The Other Half Lives exposed poor living conditions in U.S. cities. Pure Food and Drug Act- Meat Inspection Act -regulate the meat packing industry and protect consumers from eating tainted meat. 16th/17th Amendments Political Change: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of ed., -1857 suggested that African Americans enslaved or free were not citizens of the United States -slavery Focal point of southern economy. Based on growing Rice/cotton -Sectionalism/ Civil War -Jim Crow Laws- Rampant discrimination -Separate but -Segregation- Separate but equal inherently unjust -NAACP KKK Lynching Ida B. Wells-Strange Fruit Plessy challenged 14th Amendment. -SCOTUS Distinction between races exist -Every Govt in the south enforces segregation laws. laws were passed that restricted African American travel, housing, schools, use of private and public facilities, amusement parks and other recreational areas. Civil Disobedience 60s -Dr. King Voter rights Pave the Way for Civil rights activist of 60s -Sharecropping system -Mass Terrorism -Unequal structures -Great Migration -Jackie Robinson -Civil Rights Economic Change: Industrialization -shifted from agrarian economy to industrialization -Rapid Industrialization -Robber of Industry -Carnegie/Morgan/Vanderbilt/ Rockefeller -Social Darwinism/Laissez Faire Corporations (businesses owned by st/Capital could be raised by sale of stocks/Monopolies/Trusts- when a business has most or all the business in an industry/Many people feared monopolies were too powerful/Limited competition, control consumer prices/Too much influence on government (bribes; graft -Poor Working Conditions -cheap labor -Monopolies -Low Paw -Govt Corruption -Unsafe food -Pollution
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