Iron Jawed Angels/19th Amendment

Quiz Thursday!

Studying for the Quiz:To be successful on the quiz tomorrow you will need to look at the follopwing worksheets and handouts.

Stick Figure Theater: American Reformers
Chart: Presidential Reformers
Homework Sheet: 19 Sect 1
Textbook: Chart on Page 647

Pure Foods and Drugs

Today we learned about the horrible conditions in American meat packing plants around the turn of the century. We also discussed the dangerous levels of alcohol and narcotics in American medicines. The Muckrakers, investigative reporters, helped to bring these problem to the American people. Upton Sinclair, the author of The Jungle, becomes very famous with his book about Meat Packinghouses in America.

The Jungle becomes an important book in history because it reveals these horrible working conditions and disgusting things that happened in preparing food for American consumers. Stories of unsanitary conditions, rat and feces in sausage and the use of dead or diseased animals for food permeate The Jungle.

Homework: Read in Text 649-653

Links of Interest:
The Muckrakers (What and Who were they??)
Biography of Upton Sinclair
The Jungle: The Complete Novel

Corruption in Government: "The Spoils System"

Today we are looking at problems and reforms in government during the Gilded Age. The "Spoils System" was a serious problem and President Garfield was assassinated because of hie refusal to give a campaign supported a government job after he won.

American Reformers

Homework for tonight: None

The Stairs of Separation

Today we continued our discussions on Immigration and Ellis Island. Students looked at more primary source information like photographs and documentary video. We also discussed The Push and Pull Factors that were reasons so many immigrants arrived on our shores 100 years ago.

Homework: Read in Text 627-629

Links:
Ellis Island HISTORY CHANNEL Site
Ellis Islands/Port of New York Records Dept
Ellis Island National Park Service

How the Other Half Lives

Hot Links:
The Tenement Museum
How the Other Half Lives (Full Text)