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Your Name: ______________________________Progressive Era Gallery Walk

Directions: As you move from station to station, complete the handout using short, but detailed answers. 1. Child Labor. Choose 1 picture and answer the following.A) how old are the people? B) What are they doing?

C)What is interesting/surprising to you about this photo?

2. Look at the Jacob Riis pictures. A) If you wrote a summary headline that could describe ALL the photos as a group, what would it be? (please don’t say “How the Other Half Lives”)

B) Choose 1 picture you find especially shocking. Describe why.

3. Fire at the Shirtwaist Triangle Factory A) Looking at the photos, why do you think this event was considered such a tragedy in New York?

B) Look at the cartoons. What are these political cartoons trying to tell the public?

4. Galveston Texas hurricaneA) Looking at these pictures, what type of devastation did this city experience? Be detailed.

B) The hurricane led to many city reforms, including having experts head up departments for the various roles city government plays in our lives. Why do you think the results of this hurricane taught this lesson to all Americans?

5. Temperance MovementA) In your own words, describe WHY the temperance movement experienced a resurgence (increase) during the early 1900s?

B) What is the photo of Carrie A. Nation trying to tell us?

5. Settlement HousesA) Using all the photos, list various roles you think settlement houses played in America?

B)What types of people were welcomed into these houses?

coal miners, Colorado

coal miners

coal miners

Jacob Riis, “5 cents a spot”

Jacob Riis, Children Sleeping on Mulberry Street, NY 1890

Jacob Riis, “Dens of Death” NY

Jacob Riis, NY 1890

Jacob Riis, NY 1890

Jacob Riis “Dead Horse”

Fire at the Triangle Factory

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Galvaston TX Hurricane 1900

Galvaston TX Hurricane 1900

Galvaston TX Hurricane 1900

Galveston, TX Hurricane 1900

Gallveston, TX 1900

Temperance Movement

Settlement Houses