Progressive Era Investigation

Progressive Era Investigation Complete the investigation by visiting each of the Field Sites and completing the chart for each. Description-must include at least 6 details from the picture and textbook. After completing your description/summary, answer the question(s) and provide a supporting piece of evidence from the primary source to support your answer.

Field Site: Poor Living and Working Conditions Topic: Conditions in the Slums (pp. 208-209)

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Question: What were the conditions like for people living in tenements? What role did poor infrastructure play in causing these conditions?

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Field Site: Poor Living and Working Conditions Topic: Problems in the Workplace (p. 209)

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Question: What were the working conditions like for workers?

Evidence: Field Site: Poor Living and Working Conditions Topic: Unsafe Products: Buyers Beware (p. 209)

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Question: Why were many products considered unsafe for consumers? How did The Jungle help to uncover these problems?

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Field Site: Problems with the Environment Topic: Changing the Landscape (p. 210)

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Question: How and why did farmers and ranchers transform the landscape of America?

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Field Site: Problems with the Environment Topic: Extracting Natural Resource (pp. 210-211)

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Question: How did extractive industries damage the landscape of America?

Evidence: Field Site: Problems with the Environment Topic: Polluting Water and Air (p. 211)

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Question: How did factories, animals and human sewage pollute the water and air?

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Field Site: The Politics of Fraud and Bribery Topic: Political Machines and Bosses (p. 212)

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Question: What were political machines and bosses?

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Field Site: The Politics of Fraud and Bribery Topic: Corruption in Local and State Politics (pp. 212-213)

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Question: How did political machines and bosses contribute to the corruption in local governments?

Evidence: Field Site: The Politics of Fraud and Bribery Topic: Corruption on the National Level (p. 213)

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Question: What are some examples of corruption that existed at the National Level of government?

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Field Site: Social Tensions Topic: Growing Differences Between Social Classes (pp.214-215)

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Question: How did living conditions among the 3 social classes (upper, middle and lower-class) differ? Provide specific examples of where each social class lived.

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Field Site: Social Tensions Topic: Life for African Americans

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Question: Why did so many African Americans move to Northern cities in the four decades after the Civil War? Evidence:

Field Site: Social Tensions Topic: Changing Role of Women (p.216)

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Question: In what ways were women denied the same opportunities as men?

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Field Site: Social Tensions Topic: Challenges for the American Family (p. 216)

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Question: What were 3 challenges that the American Family faced at the beginning of the 20th century?

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