The Progressive Era (SSUSH13ab)

The best tasting foods are not always the most healthy ones.

Most Progressive social reforms occurred at the state level.

Muckrakers had an impact in promoting change by exposing problems.

Upton Sinclair used his success as a writer to win election to Congress.

Society changed in response to their promotion of Social Darwinism

Voters agreed to let big business owners create more profitable monopolies

Reports of their works in publications abroad caused a decline in immigration

Public reaction to their books led to new laws addressing the abuses of industrialization

a woman reformer

an elected legislator

a wealthy businesswoman

a poor immigrant