Gilded Age-Progressive Era

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In the second half of the 1800s, which development led to the other three? Options: a. expansion of political machines, b. the rapid growth of American cities (urbanization), c. increase in crime, d. development of tenement housing

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the rapid growth of American cities (urbanization)

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Favoring people born in the U.S. resulted in racial and ethnic discrimination. This is called?

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nativism

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The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe

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investigative journalists who exposed societal problems

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In the late 1800s, the term Robber Baron was used to describe some owners of big businesses primarily because they?

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eliminated competition in business using ruthless methods

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Which Progressive Era muckraker’s book led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act? Options: a. Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities, b. Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle", c. Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives

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Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle"

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One of the many problems associated with living in urban centers (cities) was?

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tenements

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In the late 1800's, problems for workers included? a. inadequate technology, b. clean and safe factories, c. dangerous working conditions

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dangerous working conditions

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Progressive reforms were aimed at?

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promoting reforms to better working and living conditions

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When a company controls an entire industry, it is called?

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a monopoly

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The individual who created a monopoly over oil was?

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Rockefeller