U6: Populism to Progressivism

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What book detailed the horrors of the Chicago slaughterhouses and spurred the government to act?

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The Jungle

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The federal government's response to The Jungle was to

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pass the Meat Inspection Act

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How did settlement houses, like Jane Addams' Hull House, help immigrants?

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by providing social welfare assistance so they could adapt

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What does the word suffrage mean?

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the right to vote

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Investigative reporters who brought to light negative aspects of American society during the Gilded Age were known as?

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Muckrakers

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What was the Prohibition Amendment? (Hint: It is not legal to drink in the United States, even when you turn this age.)

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18th Amendment

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Which detail would best complete the diagram? Think about how farmers responded to those grievances. Options: formation of the Granger movement and the Farmers' Alliance, fight corruption of political machines in cities, to halt the influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, petition for government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, and telephones.

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formation of the Granger movement and the Farmers' Alliance

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What issue was William Jennings Bryan’s supporting in his 1896 presidential campaign when he said that they [Republicans} should "not crucify mankind on a cross of gold"?

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the need for bimetallism to help farmers by raising crop prices

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What did the Interstate Commerce Act, the Sherman Antitrust Act, and the Federal Trade Commission all have in common?

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they were all laws that regulated private businesses

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Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

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19th Amendment