Content Specification - SS.8.2.e.1:
Students will examine the Populist Party as a reform effort by farmers in response to industrialization.

Content Specification - SS.8.2.e.2:
Students will investigate reformers and muckrakers such as Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, W. E. B. du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Ida Tarbell, Eugene V. Debs, Jacob Riis, Booker T. Washington, and Upton Sinclair. Student investigations should include the key issues in the individual’s work and the actions that individual took or recommended to address those issues.

Content Specification - SS.8.2.e.3:
Students will explore leaders and activities of the temperance and woman’s suffrage movements.

Content Specification - SS.8.2.e.4:
Students will investigate the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the legislative response.

Content Specification - SS.8.2.e.5:
Students will examine state and federal government responses to reform efforts including the passage of the 17th amendment, child labor and minimum wage laws, antitrust legislation, and food and drug regulations.