chapter 28

• define progressives - improving social problems, reforming local governments, improving labor conditions, democratizing the political process, and regulating big business
• what contribution did Jacob A. Riis make to the progressive movement?

  • 1890 - 1914
  • Jacob Riis, a reporter, wrote How the Other Half Lives, a damning indictment of the dirt, disease, vice, and misery of New York slums. It influenced a future NYC police commissioner, TR
• how did american publishers impact the progressive movement?

  • muckrackers wrote stories exposing abuse in government
  • teddy roosevelt gave this name
• what contribution did lincoln steffens make to the progressive era?

  • "shame of the cities"
  • journalist who exposed municipal government
• what contribution did ida tarbell make to the progressive era?

  • revealed the abuse of the standard oil trust
  • called for reforms and campaigns against monopolies
• what industries were impacted by muckrackers?

  meat industry, politics, trusts, oil