Bell Ringer 8-25-14•What are the two main political parties in the United States?

Answer•Democrats and Republicans

Third Party Systems

What is a Third Party?•Third parties often focus on issues the main parties (democrats & republicans) ignore.

•Third-party candidates can split the major party with which they are most similar, leading to the other major party's victory.

Populist Party•Populist Party –

established in 1890s; comprised of poor farmers from the south; generally opposed to banks, railroads, and upper class;

Populist Party • William Jennings Bryan was the

most popular populist candidate.

Progressive Party•Progressive Party –

formed in 1912 as a result of a split in the Republican Party

•Also known as the “Bull Moose Party”

Progressive Party• Theodore Roosevelt

most popular candidate

Closing Task• Examine the populist and progressive parties.• You will complete the following: • You will create a poster, your poster will signify the impact of

third parties in the US. • Make sure to include facts about the populist party and the

progressive party. • Use your notes and page 107-111 pg the Jarrett Book.

• Your poster must be in color.• IT IS DUE AT THE END OF CLASS.

Third Party

Systems How did the Third Party system impact the US? Explain.

Populist party:What was it?Why were they significant?

Progressive Party:

What was it?

Why were they significant?

Bell Ringer 8-26-14•After analyzing the title of the book, what do you think is the definition of a Muckraker?

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Muckrakers•Muckrakers –are authors that published truthful reports involving social issues

Group Assignment• Match the correct reformer to its description.

You have 7 minutes to complete this task as a group.

• Once complete you will be responsible for the following:• Each group member will be assigned a reformer. • You will answer the following questions about your assigned reformer:

1. Describe the occupation of this reformer2. What impact did this reformer have on American society?3. Is the reformer a Muckraker? Explain why/why not.

• Susan B. Anthony (123)• Ida B. Wells (114)• Upton Sinclair (113)• WEB Dubois (114)

You have 7 minutes to complete this task individually.

Round Robin

• You are now responsible for sharing your reformer with your group members:• You will be given 4 minutes to share your reformer with your group members• You will be given 7 minutes to write down the information shared by your

group members.

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Make sure the material on your handout is correct!

If you need to add information, now is the time!

Upton Sinclair•Upton Sinclair – an author wrote “The Jungle” which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry, causing a public uproar and leading to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act

Upton Sinclair

Pure Food and Drug Act•Pure Food and Drug Act – was passed for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated ,misbranded, poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, as well as for regulating traffic

•The government passed this law in response to Upton Sinclair’s work The Jungle

Susan B. Anthony•Susan B. Anthony – American reformer and leader of the women’s suffrage (voting) movement

Ida B. Wells•Ida B. Wells – American reformer and leader in the anti-lynching (hanging) crusade

W.E.B. DuBois•W.E.B. DuBois – helped found the

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).

• He encouraged a liberal arts education for African American civil rights leaders.

Question:The publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair in 1906 was instrumental in getting the members of congress to-

A. Enact stronger anti-trust lawsB. Support conservation of public landC. Establish a system of meat inspectionD. Legalize strikes by labor unions

Closing Task• I will create a newspaper article describing and identifying the following reformers:• Reformers:

• Susan B. Anthony (371, 422)• Ida B. Wells (371, 383)• Upton Sinclair (430, 443)• WEB Dubois (384, 421, 442, 501)

• You will answer the following questions in your article:

1.Who is this person? (what DID THEY DO FOR A LIVING?)

2.Evaluate THE impact they made on American society.

Bell Ringer 8-27-14•What impact did this book make on United States History?

Answer•It made people push the government to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act.

Video links• Ida Wells• http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/1C8BA5A7-CEEA-4E2B-9CB7-95CD252C59BF• Susan B. Anthony• http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/964497B6-BD42-4F95-B625-46F34DB725C4• Upton Sinclair• http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/D3257257-307E-4576-AC2D-7C04F606F870• W.E.B DuBois• http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/FFC1865C-B612-491E-BF02-178AAAE1F67E

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Closing Task •Pick two U.S. History topics and create an acrostic

poem.• Topics: Freedom, The West, Gilded Age , Progressive Era• MUST BE IN COLOR

DO NOT USE YOUR NOTEBOOKS OR BOOKS!

Bell Ringer 8-28-14•What impact has technology made on the U.S.?

Important Bell Ringer!!

Answer•Impact on the nature of work• Innovations in technology contributed to longer workdays and

higher levels of production (assembly line manufacturing).• Light bulbs enabled factories to remain open at night.

•Impact on business• Patents gave individuals and companies exclusive rights over

inventions.• Allowed businesses to reduce cost, become more flexible, and

meet consumer demands.

• Transportation • Automobiles increase the ability to travel distances and created new

jobs• Mass transportation such as cable cars and subway systems facilitate

access to jobs, retail, and recreation• Raised standard of living allowed people to have more housing and

employment choices• Electric light • Longer work day• Improved quality of life by bringing light into dark homes and tenement

buildings• Communication• Access to information – telephone, telegraph, computers, radios,

televisions, Internet, cellular, and satellite technology

Understanding Text• Individually read/skim the handout on Jane Addams and Francis

Willard. • 5 Minutes

Group Work• As a group write a sentence about each individual. • Pick a speaker for your group• You will present your findings to the class.

Terms for you to Understand:

• Social: of or relating to society or its organization• Political: of or relating to the government or the public affairs of a

country• Economics: financial considerations; economically significant aspects• the social science concerned with the production and consumption of goods

and services and the analysis of the commercial activities of a society.

Jane Addams• Jane Addams – co-founder of Hull House

which helped new immigrant women with job skills, educational, and artistic programs to become successful and productive citizens

• Her goal was to provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises and to investigate and improve the conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago.

Frances Willard• Frances Willard promoted the cause

of women and reform as a pioneer educator and especially as the most prominent leader of the nineteenth century movement to end alcohol abuse. (Prohibition)

• Frances Willard – suffragette and member of the WCTU (Women’s Christian Temperance Union)

Closing Task 8-28-14• You are to create a fake facebook profile for Jane Addams and

Frances Willard• The profile must include the following: • 1.) A profile picture• 2.) 2 status updates on something that the individual might have said• 4. Create an about me section and answer the following questions:• What was their political contribution to America during the

Progressive Era?• What was their social contribution to America during the

Progressive Era?• What was their economic contribution to America during the

Progressive Era?

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• Identify• ROLES OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND PRIVATE CITIZENS IN

MANAGING THE ENVIRONMENT• Including, but not limited to:• John Muir helped persuade Theodore Roosevelt to set aside 148

million acres of forest reserves and over 50 wildlife sanctuaries and several national parks. The National Park Service is a U.S. federal agency that manages all national monuments and parks.

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• Explain• HOW PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY REFLECTS

NATIONAL ETHOS, PATRIOTISM, AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS OUR PROGRESS TO BUILD A "MORE PERFECT UNION."• Including, but not limited to:• Right to vote, participation in various levels of politics, recall,

referendum• Right to assemble• Writing Congressional representatives