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**Unit II: The Progressive Era: 1900-1917**


 * __Documents__**



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 * **Class Reading Assignments** ||
 * [[file:2 - Johnstown Flood.doc]] ||
 * [[file:2 - Women's Suffrage.doc]] ||
 * [[file:2 - Election of 1912.doc]] ||
 * [[file:2 - Susan B Anthony.doc]] ||
 * [[file:2 - The Noble Experiment.doc]] ||
 * [[file:2 - The 19th Amendment.doc]] ||
 * [[file:2 - Triangle Reading.doc]]

- National Park- Use national park service website 1912 Cartoons- Explain the message and symbols used in each cartoon.


 * Progressivism Introductory Activity: 10/3/11**
 * Google the term "Muckraker": Discuss the origin of the term and identify three famous muckrakers on Roman Numeral I. B.2 on your notes.
 * Click on the link for The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Read [|Chapter 3]. It is a graphic description of a slaughterhouse. Answer the following questions on a piece of paper.
 * What impact did this have on readers of the day?
 * How do you feel after reading this? MMMMmmmm. Hamburgers!
 * Finally, What other books have you read/discussed last year that had a serious impact on American History?
 * Look at the following photographs of immigrant photographer Jacob Riis. [|Click on this link here].
 * What impact did this have on you and viewers of the day? (Remember- this is the USA- a nation with one of the highest standards of living in the world in 1900)
 * What impact does photography and television for that matter have on the public.