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During the Progressive Era, American sociologist and muckraker photographer Lewis Hine was one of the most influential photographers of that time. His photos helped to bring about the first child labor laws in the United States by exposing the dangers of child labor, which led to major legislation. As an interesting side note, he also took photos of immigrants at Ellis Island to help change the public’s perception and end xenophobia. Hine made it his mission to humanize the working class and immigrants when society at the time wouldn’t and was able to capture the essence of this movement through his work.
-Santa Teresita “Terry” Perez

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This was one of the many postcards included in the letter written by Robert Bacon

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South African Postcards Regarding the Chicago Meatpacking Industry

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South African Postcards Regarding the Chicago Meatpacking Industry

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On October 9, 1907, Robert Bacon wrote a letter to the United States ambassador in London, Whitelaw Reid. In the letter, Bacon explained that there was satirical postcards regarding the U.S meat industry were circulating in South Africa. The postcards were originally published in England and depicted the plight of a rooming house lodger attempting to eat various samples of "Chicago tinned meat." In the postcard pictured above, the unfortunate lodger turns away and holds his nose as a can of "awful, rotten [and] putrid ham and tongue is opened.
The Cape Town general manger of the meatpacking firm Armour and Company, R. L. Graycroft, complained to the U.S. consul in that city that the postcards were hurting his business. The British colonial authorities rejected the complaint since the cards never mentioned a particular meatpacking firm.
The correspondence on the cards raised several questions. They had wondered why the publisher would choose to satirize the American meat industry. And wondered why the publishers would think such cards would even sell in the first place. And also questioned why this random meatpacking firm had felt so targeted by these postcards.
The answers lie in the history of the industrialization of the food industry and the need for safety regulations by the Progressive era reformers. Large-scale corporations had become the dominant business model in the American economy. It was clear that the rapid growth and unregulated development posed risks to workers' and consumer safety. Reformers and "muckraking" journalists and novelists revealed to the American public shocking details of those concerns.
- Digna Martinez

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This political cartoon depicts a man that is 'Uncle Sam' which is supposed to represent the general public and another man who I could only deduce represents the American government and lawmakers talking about all the stink coming from the canned meat which has now been opened, which represents all the scandal around the meat industry now being exposed and out in the open. It was a way to get people talking about the meat packing scandal and to let the public know that people are now fully aware of the things going on in the meat industry and that now that its out in the open, there will be something done.  - Jade Guedea

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During the Progressive era, there were children being exploited in the workforce for very little pay while those in charge were profiting from their work. This image shows a child climbing many steps to feed the stuffed business mans hunger even though he does not seem to need it, the business man are is benefiting from child labor.
- Kristopher Aguirre

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The lynch law allowed for the punishment of presumed crimes or offenses, usually by death, without due process of law. 

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The Anti-lynching movement began in the 1890s went through the 1930s. It was started by Ida B. Wells. The goal of this movement was to eradicate the practice of lynching. In 1918, the Anti-lynching bill was introduced into congress and was passed in 1919.

kianna chavez

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This cartoon, depicting President Roosevelt taking over the muckraking job to sniff out the harsh conditions at meat factories, is eerily close to reality. At the time, "extra" meat was often acquired from dead rats around the shop or other animal parts as well. This is seen in the cartoon with the depiction of numerous other animal skulls in the soup that is so-called "meat." As well as this, the cartoon also shows the harsh conditions the workers of these factories were put through as well. This is seen with the rake Roosevelt is using to stir the pot being eaten away, likely by the toxic chemicals that were often handled improperly in these factories.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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During the Progressive era in Chicago, conditions in the meat industry were harsh and not even close to today's standards. The workers worked for pennies a day in cruel and harsh environments risking their health and mental state. The harsh conditions of the factory would make anyone miserable and feel as if they are just as dead as the meat. While a lot could not be seen at face value, there was so much going on behind closed doors that would make the workers risk thier own lives to work in the factory.

Anthony Herrera

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Fredrick T. Richard's political cartoon displays a powerful tycoon figure abusing frail and impoverished children. The North American [Philadelphia] 1913: n. pa

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During the end of the Great Depression in 1938, the United States of America passed the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which prohibited the employment of minors. Senator Hugo Black originally drafted this bill in the early thirties. However, it wasn't until later that decade that the proposal passed. One of the sections of the act prohibits adolescents under the age of 16 from working in manufacturing facilities during school hours. It also stated that minors under the age of 18 are ineligible to work in high-risk labor.

-Jonathan Rodriguez

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This is the work of E.W. Kemble. It is called "Deaths Laboratory." It was published in Collier's Magazine in 1906.

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President Roosevelt signed the Food and Drug Act on June 30, 1906. It prohibited the interstate transportation of unlawful food and drugs. It was based on the the regulation of product labeling instead of pre-market approval. The law prohibited ingredients that would substitute for the food, conceal damage, pose health hazards, or constitute filthy or decomposed substance. If the manufacturer decided to list the weight of their product, it had to be accurate. food and drug labels could not be false or misleading. Under the leadership of Wiley, the bureau concentrated on food. After he resigned in 1912, the concentration shifted to drug regulation.

- Luis Chavez

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Uncle Sam educates all of its subjects it intends to teach important lessons, both within and outside of the country. - Fabian Flores

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The Governed May Be Allowed To "Think" They've Given Their Consent After They've Learned To Be American. 

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The Governed May Be Allowed To "Think" They've Given Their Consent After They've Learned To Be American. 

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This image above is form Puck magazine in regards to the Imperialist movement of the states after the turn of the 20th century.  The main topic is consent of the governed.  The magazine sarcastically writes on the board the lesson is the governed must be governed with or without their consent until they can do things for themselves.  It has the confederate supporters in the distance, its new territories it fights for ()Philippines, Hawaii, Cuba, and PR).  Behind them are Mexican children, new members after the acquisition of Azlan. At the door an Asian boy can be seen at the door because at the time, we did not allow entry to the Chinese.   Cleaning a window and not engaged in education is black boy drawn awfully cleaning a window. A Native American child sits separately and unguided.   Uncle Sam is the educator and  is teaching them all the important lesson about consent on the blackboard. We wanted new territories to learn to be American... The right way.

- Fabian Flores

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Journalist Ida Tarbell made change for the US' Oil Industry and showing the true intentions of Monopolist John Rockefeller

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During 1904, Ida Tarbell started her journey in finding the truth behind the Oil Industry's violations. She exposed John Rockefeller's ruthless business tactics in the standard oil industry. In 1911 the Supreme Court found the Standard Oil Industry in Violation. The industry was handling trade in unfair way. This lead to the Sherman Antitrust Act. This act banned monopolies.

-April Medelez

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Published in the Socialist Newspaper, St. Louis 1894

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Critique of Big Business (The Pullman Company)

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Critique of Big Business (The Pullman Company)

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This political cartoon was published in the Socialist Newspaper, St. Louis in 1894 and depicts a large man representing George Pullman, founder of the Pullman Company,  squeezing a smaller man in between the weights of Low Wages and High Rent. The Pullman Company gave America its first luxury "sleeper cars" for the railroad and employed freed African Americans after the Civil War. However, Pullman also exploited his workers paying them low wages and charging them high rent in his "model town" for workers of the Pullman Company.

-Cassandra Davis

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A butcher called The Beef Trust is surrounded by treated and poison meat products. 

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In 1906 this cartoon by Carl Hassmann was released showing that a butcher shop that was selling meat that had been treated. All the meat in this cartoon have been labeled "deodorized ham, putrefied pork, chemical corned beef, potted poison, decayed roast beef" showing that they are no longer good but are being sold and advertised as if they are. This cartoon is also using a Bible quote to make people think they should not think too much about if the food is actually safe to eat since it is probably the only food they can afford or since they need to eat either way, for them to just get food from them. The Beef Trust is the companies who sell spoiled food but advertise it as unspoiled to make money. Only one year before this cartoon was made, the Jungle was released telling the bad conditions withing meat factories. This cartoon is capitalizing on the bad conditions and spreading the word about what is really going on.

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February 27, 1951 , the Twenty-Second Amendment was ratified, officially limiting Presidents to two terms. This cartoon is about Theodore Roosevelt's reversal of his anti-third term promise during the election of 1912. After the victor in 1904 he promised even though his first terms lasted three years due to following up and assassination of President McKinley he would adhere to the two term precedent set. In 1912 convinced that only his progressive leadership would save the Republican Party, Roosevelt announced his candidacy. In this cartoon done by Clifford K. Berryman it shows Roosevelt attempting to dodge the Anti Third Principle.

- Carmicheal Green

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Ben Garrison is an American Political Cartoonist who prides himself on drawing "politically incorrect" thought provoking images. As an independent cartoonist Ben does not have any limitations on the topics he can/cannot cover. In addition to publishing cartoons Ben also has a YouTube channel where he also speaks out against issues. This cartoon marks the hypocrisy of the elected Congress who have deemed Investigative Journalist who uncover governmental inconsistencies as "Muckrakers". Muckrakers was a term created as a smear campaign toward these journalists to discredit the works in the eyes of the voting public.
- Crystal Lemons

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Drawing depicting Tweed and his ring members in an arena watching a tiger maul a woman.

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In 1871, Thomas Nast, also known as the ‘Founding Father’ of Political Cartooning, created the cartoon to ask the people to rally together to bring William M. Tweed and his cohorts to justice. According to Fiona Halloran, author of Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons, “His whole life, Nast didn’t like hypocrisy and he had a very binary, black-and-white view of what was right and what was wrong… If someone was corrupt, that meant they were also a ‘really bad person,’ and Nast was gleeful about going after anyone who fell into that category.”

- Alexandria Plata

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Drawing depicting political figures controlled by standard oil/powerful businesses in the U.S.

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Political cartoonist and activist Ryan Walker created the image to advocate for socialism in the U.S. In a 1905 interview, he explained his intentions: "My aim, hope, and life-work is the betterment of my brother man. Nothing else counts. I believe the present economic system is cruel, unjust, and essentially wrong, and wrong is wrong, no matter how it may be disguised ... I am a Socialist because I believe that Socialism will lead to the development of the greater self, to the out-blossoming of all that is finest and highest in individual life, and that it will secure for all the people a measure of prosperity, happiness, and freedom ..."
-Dr. Carr