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Unit 2 =__﻿The Progressive Era__: Time period of improvement=

__﻿Areas in need of progress today:__

 * violence/murder
 * underage drinking
 * recession
 * Haiti and Africa
 * rape
 * texting while driving
 * job opportunities for teens
 * animal cruelty
 * descrimination

__Aspects from the 2nd IR in need of progress:__

 * immigrants` conditions
 * child labor/ working conditons
 * descrimination/racism/African American and women
 * living conditions( tenements)
 * low imcome for workers
 * educational opportunities
 * technology
 * business competition

WORDLE:
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Wordle:
wordle takes the most important words or key terms in a text and makes them bigger, or noticeable so that you know the main points. It also helps you figure out what the text is going to be about ahead of time before reading.
 * Who is Riis?, he must be really important because it is the biggest word,
 * **muckrakers, people that showed/presented the bad problems, that need progress**
 * New York, where it all took place

Progressive Era intro:
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Progressive Bubbles:
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__**Unit II Objectives:**__ By the end of Unit II, I will be able to... 1. Define and describe the Progressive Era, its key issues, people, and events.**(__content__, literacy)** 2. Make a strong argument of my opinion about the successes and failures of the era.**(__content,__ literacy)** 3. Identify main ideas and supporting details in a reading.**(literacy)** 4. Thoughtfully mark up a text.**(content, __literacy)__** 5. Effectively use technological programs such as Wikispaces, Google Documents & Presentations, Wordle, and Voicethread.**(__technology__,literacy)** 6. Define and explain essential Key Terms:**(literacy, __content__)**
 * **__Progressivism, Progressive Era, Progressives__**
 * **__Muckraker__**
 * **__Jacob Riis, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, Thomas Nast__**
 * **__Reform__**
 * **__Legislation__**
 * **__16th Amendment*__**
 * **__Federal Reserve Act__**
 * **__19th Amendment__**
 * **__Meat Inspection Act__**
 * **__Pure Food and Drug Act__**
 * **__Sherman Antitrust Act & Clayton Antitrust Act__**
 * **__Standard Oil Co.__**
 * **__Northern Securities Company*__**
 * **__Theodore Roosevelt*__**
 * **__Woodrow Wilson*__**

HOW DOES CHANGE HAPPEN IN SOCIETY?

 * What are the steps? It starts with a problem developing...**
 * **People go to where the problem to find out more about it (muckrakers)**
 * **People address the situation with the public so that they will want to do something about it (newspaper articles, photos, blogs on the internet)**
 * **People join together to try to address the problem- a movement develops (progressivism)**
 * **Figure out what tactics to use to solve the problem (protest, strikes, letters to government officials, petitions, phone calls or emails to the government officials)**
 * **Choose the best tactic(s) and make a plan, then carry out the plan**
 * **laws are passed by the government to address the problem or the ownership changes the situation in a business or the principal changes the rules at the school or...**

THE PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE:
started in 1909

[|History & Mission Magazine]
 * its focuses are on peace, social & economic justice, civil & human rights, civil liberty, a preserved environment, etc.
 * values nonviolence & freedom of speech
 * the magazine was founded on Jan. 9, 1909, by Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. & he was with the U.S. governement
 * goal was to help people have power, from wealthy businesses/business people who had the power
 * it against using the military and the power that business people had

= ﻿Progressive Era Individual Research =

My Topic: __Urban Housing__
1 key person: __Jacob Riis__, 1 key term: __Tenement Act of 1901__ ** HOW MUCH PROGRESS WAS MADE DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA? **

** What were the problems? What was done about them? How much change occurred? **

You will be researching one of the topics below. For your topic you will:

· Conduct internet research and create 2-column __notes__ to acquire information about your topic from at least 3 different sites. Keep track of the sites that you use. · Find at least 2 __images__ that relate to your topic and analyze them (can be a picture or a cartoon). · Find at least 1 __primary source__ (can be a piece of writing, a speech, a newspaper article, etc) that relates to your topic and analyze it, including analysis of POV. · A list of (at least 5) key __vocabulary__ terms for your topic – listed and defined in your words. · A 2-3 paragraph __summary__ of your topic, especially focused on the results – what was changed by the progressives? What stayed the same? Also include connections to today – what progress has been made up to this time? · A __Glog__ to put it all together in an impressive presentation.

__﻿Notes on Urban housing during the P-Era:__
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﻿﻿ Key Terms:
 * 1) Tenement Act of 1901-the first official law to ban the construction of poor tenements into a safer living place
 * 2) Urbanization-people moving from rural to urban areas
 * 3) Muckrakers-reformers who address and state the problems to others
 * 4) Jacob Riis- a muckraker that wanted and helped the poor lower class so that they can have better living conditions and a chance to improve their lives
 * 5) Tenements- a run-down often overcrowded apartment house in the poor section of a large city, it was usually poorly constructed and dangerous

__**Analysis:**__ About 8 people/men sleeping in one room that is not even big enough for 2, cramped up on the hard floor that they can't even fully lay their wholes bodies on. Along with bad working conditons, they had to live in this beat up apartment.

__**Analysis:**__ men standing outside of tenement buldings, maybe some violence is about to go on

What is a primary source?
a primary source is original materials from the time period involved. they can be letters, poems, records, and other documents created during the time period.

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Primary source APPARTS chart
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PERSPECTIVE, BIAS, & POV
Perspective- a view or outlook on ones ideas, POV; How you see something Bias- **prejudice; how you are likely to see things based on who your are and things that you have been through;** in favor of one side than the other POV- Point of view; How view or see a situation and its affected by Biases

My primary source came from Jacob Riis:
Jabob Riis was into helping the lower class have more opportunity to improve their lives and living conditions because he had the chance to do so. He came from being in a lower class category and was an immigrant to a middle class category. He sympathized the lower class immigrants. Jacob Riis also didnt like the fact that the people(gov't) blamed the immigrants/tenants about how it was their fault that the tenements were filthy and unhealthy. He thought that the peoples(gov't) habits were evil and they had to be held responsible.

An American today would probably blame the tenants because they are the ones living there and they should keep it clean. But the gov't should have made an effort to keep the places safe to live and with lighting.

=What is a Blog?=

__﻿Examples:__
__[|Perez Hilton Blog]__ - This is a blog site by Perez Hilton, this reality tv star. It's basically celebrity gossip. He tells you what he thinks about a celebrity, good or bad things. on the blog site there are some games, videos, pictures, etc.. Perez Hilton's perspective on people and other things vary. He maight say he likes someone one day, But when that person does something he all of a sudden doesnt like them. He is always being judged by people because of his sexual orientation, So I think that is the real reson why he does it to other people, eventhough their feelings might be hurt from what he had said. Once you write something on the internet, it can never be erased because you wont know who has seen it before. __[|Teen Diary blog]__ - This is a blog site for teens only (13-22), mostly because it's like a guide for teens girls on how to survive in this world, like they stated in the blog, "The ultimate life guide for young urban women". In this site that was designed by Websignia. They give you the opportunity to seek advice from others, it talks about certain videos, news, new women celebs, and talks about teen issues, etc.. Their perspectives on teen girls/women are that we need a place where we are not afraid to ask questions and havesome sympathy towards other girls. They want you to know that there are people who want to listen to our thoughts and troubles. The real person behind probably didnt have the opportunity to live their life they way that they wanted to, so that is why they are convinced to help out others.

PROGRESS MADE IN __URBAN HOUSING__
Progress made in __African American' rights__ Progress made in __Women's rights__ Progress made in __working conditions__ Progress made in __political corruption__ Progress made in __Business and Banking practices__ Progress made in __Immigrants' Lives__ __﻿__
 * the tenements were made much safer for people to live in, like they put windows and air shafts,sprinklers
 * firefighters were hired
 * the construction of the tenements were improve like they were made of stone, brick etc...
 * outhouses were banned, which made the environment much healthier
 * the Tenement Act of 1901 was passed, which made improvements like adding toilets and lighting in the hallways
 * NAACP organization
 * Brooker T. Washington was accepted by white people
 * 19th amendment(1930 aug. 18), a law to say that all people were created equal to vote in national elections
 * they formed 2 important organizations,for ex. NWSA,& NSA, created by Susan B. Anthony, dedicated to gaining womens legal rights
 * because of this labor movement, women wre able to own land and have complete control over there money
 * workers recieved 8hr work days and overtime pay through the Adadison Act.
 * children had the right to education
 * women rights, recieved job opportunities getting paid minimum wage
 * workers recieved insurance through work(safer working conditions)
 * progress mayors and governors were elected, won back control of the gov't from corrupt polititions
 * cartoons from Thomas Nast exposed the wrongs and lies of the gov't
 * good gov't movements started clubs to clean up and stream line the gov't
 * more efficient gov't
 * 17th amendment passed, brought a weakness to political machines
 * __the Clayton anti-trust act -__ ban monopolies
 * __Meat inspection act__- the gov't had to make sure the meat was inspected to make sure it was healthy, the muckraker who helped make this happen was Upton Sinclair(his book was called The Jungle)-he exposed the idea that the meat people were eating was dirty
 * __Pure food and drug act__- was made tp protect other food(besides meat) and medicines
 * The federal reserve act-set up a new banking system, the idea was the federal gov't would oversee the banking industry more
 * Limit the working hours of women
 * the houses were made better
 * sanitation systems were created
 * mandate schooling for children
 * recognize labor unions
 * provide for industrial safety
 * 1) __**benevolent society**__- an aid organization set up by the residents of a community to help immigrants.- they helped immigrants by getting them jobs, health care & education. the new members received financial support. This really helped immigrants through the tough times.
 * 2) __**settlement house**__- a neighborhood center staffed by professionals and volunteers for education, recreation, and social activities in poor areas

__PROGRESSIVE ERA AMENDMENTS:__

 * **__16th amendment__**- allows congress to make income taxes- people have pay taxes to the gov't based on how much $ they make- people who make more $ pay more taxes
 * **__17th amendment__**-allows voters to elect their senators( representatives for the Senate(part of congress))- makes politics more democratic- the people have more power ( MA Senators are currently Scott Brown (R) and John Kerry (D))
 * **__18th amendment__**- PROHIBITION- outlawed making or selling alcohol- lasted from 1919 to 1933 (repealed by the 21st amendment)
 * **19th amendment**-1920- women the right to vote in national elections
 * **__Jim Crow Laws__**- Laws kept African Americans from being equal to white Americans-these laws kept segregation occuring in the south- they made whites and blacks use separate schools, bathrooms, water fountains, parts of restaurants or trains, movie theaters, hotels,etc..- **THESE LAWS DO NOT SHOW PROGRESS**
 * __**Tenement Act of 1901**__- law that made requirements for housing in cities- apartment buildings had to be built more sturdy, had to have indoor bathrooms, lights in the hallways, fire exits, etc..
 * **__Jacob Riis__**- muckraker- wrote a book called "//How the other half lives"//-led to people paying attention to the tenements in NYC and the subsequent Tenement Act

YOUTUBE VIDEO ON __URBAN HOUSING:__
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__**Summary:**__ This video was about Jacob Riis' book //"How the other half lives"// and how the people(including immigrants) had to live in tenements. he talked about how there were no lightin and it was unsafe for them because it wasnt sanitary for living.