General Information
These large buildings housed machines and workers during the Industrial Revolution.
Factories
The Progressive Era aimed to fix problems caused by this earlier period of industrial growth.
Industrial Revolution
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
19th Amendment
Many immigrants entered the U.S. through this processing center in New York Harbor.
Ellis Island
Journalists who exposed corruption and social issues were known by this nickname.
Muckrakers
What did the 18th Amendment do?
Banned sale, distribution, and production of alcohol
The Industrial Revolution began in this country before spreading to the United States.
This person took pictures of horrible living conditions and tenements which led to many reforms
Jacob Riis
These organizations of workers formed to demand better pay and working conditions.
Labor Unions
Write down examples of poor working conditions that workers faced during the Industrial Revolution
Long hours, low pay, bad boss
Muckraker Upton Sinclair wrote a book called “The Jungle” in order to expose what?
Terrible conditions in the meat packing plants
This 1911 tragedy at a New York garment factory led to new safety laws and labor reforms.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
BONUS
with your groups. Identify and explain the cause/effect relationship between document 1 and 2
What was Jacob Riis’ book called
How the Other Half Lives
List all the reasons woman wanted to ban alcohol
Abusive husbands, waste of money, etc.