Progressive Era Review (2020)

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An organization made up of workers to protect them in the workplace is...

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labor union

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Which muckraker is responsible for exposing the unsanitary and unsafe practices in the meatpacking industry as depicted in The Jungle?

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Upton Sinclair

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Reporters, journalists, photographers, and authors who used the media to raise concerns about the negative effects of industrialization were known as

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muckrakers

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What is the most likely title for a period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed?

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Progressive Era

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What was an important effect of the influx of people from the country to the cities in the late nineteenth century?

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crowded slums and unsanitary conditions

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In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed: Dangers faced by coal miners, Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company, Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry, Illegal deals between special interests and the government

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Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

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What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?

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Cleaned up food producing factories

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In response to public concern over issues raised by Upton Sinclair's the Jungle, the federal government expanded its role in -

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taking responsibility for the safety of consumers

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What were photographs such as this one taken by Lewis Hine primarily intended to accomplish?

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Focus attention on the need for child labor reforms

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This event was one major factor leading to the need for building codes and government regulation of businesses.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire