th Century TeachTCI Ch 16 Add to your Table of Contents Uncovering Problems Early 20 th Century 4 Discovering Problems Homeless boys were common in major cities What could be done ID: 430398
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Uncovering Problems at the 20th Century
TeachTCI
Ch. 16Slide2
Add to your Table of Contents
Uncovering Problems @ Early 20
th
Century 4Slide3
Discovering Problems
Homeless boys were common in major cities.
What could be done?
Jacob Riis was a
Muckraker
They uncovered problems and wrote about themSlide4
Section 3 (Poor Living and Working Conditions)
Tenement Housing was cramped, unsanitary, and not well built Slide5
Section 3 (Poor Living and Working Conditions)
Upton Sinclair, a
Muckracker
, wrote “The Jungle” and exposed how unsanitary meat factories were.
Rats got into the meat, toxic chemicalsSlide6
Section 3 (Poor Living and Working Conditions)
Drugs were unregulated, they made false claims about curing diseases, contained addictive drugs, and didn’t help.Slide7
Section 4 (Problems with the Environment)
Forests were depleted, (getting smaller)
No rules for pollution
Difficult to breathe in cities
Sewage released into
Water that could be usedFor drinkingSlide8
Section 5 (Politics of Fraud and Bribery)
Political Bosses controlled cities through bribery and corruption.
Got immigrants and communities to vote for a mayor, in return the mayor gave favors to the Boss.
Tammany Hall (New York City)Slide9
Section 5 (Politics of Fraud and Bribery)
Elections were rigged
Politicians gave jobs to friends
(patronage)
Pendleton Act:
Civil Service Exam toHire most qualified, not mostConnected Slide10
Social 6 (Social tensions)
Growing Gap between Rich and Poor.
African Americans still dealt with Racism, Lynching, and Violence.
Women started working more. Demanding the right to voteSlide11
Social 6 (Social tensions)
Temperance Movement:
Many saw Alcohol as an evil.
Many people wanted to find ways to
improve human lives.