Leaders in Progressive Movement: Upton Sinclair Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Nast Lewis Hine Jacob Riis

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Leaders in Progressive MovementUpton
SinclairTheodore RooseveltThomas NastLewis
HineJacob RiisJane Addams
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Upton SinclairWriter of The JungleExposed
in order to reform (change) the meatpacking
industry
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it was so poorly lit that one could not see
into the dark corners but workers could hear the
scurrying of rats hear them chewing on the meat
and smell the dung they left behind
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• Upton Sinclair at the time he first achieved
  muckraking fame.

The Jungle filled with page after page of
nauseating detail researched about the
meat-packing industry was dropped on an
astonished nation in 1906.
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Rumble Over The Jungle

• An instant best-seller Sinclairs book reeked
  with the stink of the Chicago stockyards. Dead
  rats were shoveled into sausage-grinding
  machines bribed inspectors looked the other way
  when diseased cows were slaughtered for beef and
  filth and guts were swept off the floor and
  packaged as potted ham.
• The Jungle did as much as any
  animal-rights activist of today to turn Americans
  into vegetarians.
• Within months the -- gagging -- public
  demanded sweeping reforms (changes) in the meat
  industry.President Theodore Roosevelt was
  sickened after reading a copy. He called upon
  Congress to pass a law establishing the Food and
  Drug Administration and for the first time
  setting up federal inspection standards for meat.

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Theodore Roosevelt was elected president. He
loved nature and read the book The Jungle by
Upton Sinclair. This sickened him and fought for
new laws to protect the people. In 1906
Congress passed The Meat Inspection Act and The
Pure Food and Drug Act. President Roosevelt
signed them and they became LAW.
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The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 made sure that
the public was getting better quality food.
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Theodore Roosevelt knew firsthand about
seriously bad food. During the Spanish-American
War he asked one of his Rough Riders why he was
throwing away his canned meat. The soldier said
he didnt like it. Eat it and be a man
Roosevelt ordered. The fellow did so and
promptly vomited. Roosevelt examined the slimy
stringy ration and instantly understood why.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in 1906.

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Theodore Roosevelt was also a conservationist.
He wanted to protect the environment. Created
national parks and created the Antiquities Act to
protect national monuments.
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150 National Forests 51 Federal Bird
Reservations 4 National Game Preserves 5
National Parks 18 National Monuments 24
Reclaimation Projects 7 Conservation Conferences
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Thomas Nast drew political cartoons so that even
those who couldnt read would know.
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Lewis Hine used photography to expose problems in
the cities.
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Jacob Riis photographed issues with the poor in
American cities.
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Jane Addams opened the Hull House so that those
in poverty would have a place to go for
education. She believed literacy was key. It
also provided recreation hot meals bathing and
child care.
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All of these progressives wanted reform or change
in economic social political or environmental
areas!