HW#1: Contribution #9 to Virtual textbook due Friday.
HW#2 Read the Text Assignment. Pages 644-648, 656-59.
VOTE FOR WEEK 4 PSA.
CHAPTER 19 Learning Goal: Discuss how society and politics changed during the Progressive Era.
Progressivism (noun)
1. the political direction of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
Progressive (noun)
1. a person believing in reasonable political change and social improvement through political action
2. Definition of REFORM: to improve by change
1. the political direction of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society
Progressive (noun)
1. a person believing in reasonable political change and social improvement through political action
2. Definition of REFORM: to improve by change
3. Muckrakers: journalists who exposed problems in society, business and government
Examples: Lewis Hine: The Camera as a Tool for Social Reform
Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives exposes city living
According to Riis, what was life like in American cities during the Industrial Era?
Source - America: The Story of US (History Channel, 2010)
What would happen if...MUCKRAKERS did not
expose these situations?
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