SSUSH13 - Progressive Era (nothing to do with Flo)

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What were two key precedents set by George Washington during his presidency?

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foreign policy of neutrality and the use of presidential advisors

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Which group brought attention to social problems like

• Unsafe working conditions
• Child labor practices
• Unsafe and unsanitary housing
• Immigrant literacy and education

?

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Muckrakers

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During the Progressive Era, muckrakers published articles and novels primarily to make Americans aware of problems in society.

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make Americans aware of problems in society

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A major purpose of the Progressive movement (1900-1917) was to

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Correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society

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Which event of the early 1900’s is evidence that Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle had an important impact on the United States? Options: adoption of reforms in public education, adoption of the 18th amendment, establishing Prohibition, passage of legislation limiting immigration, passage of legislation requiring Federal inspection of meat

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passage of legislation requiring Federal inspection of meat

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Ida Tarbell’s efforts to expose Rockefeller’s business practices are evidence that she was a(n)

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muckraker

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Which group played an active role in progressive reform movements?

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Women

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Which early 20th century reformer opened Hull House a settlement to help the poor and immigrants?

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Jane Addams

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Women working in settlement houses such as Hull House initially sought to help: formerly enslaved men and women adjust to life after slavery, farmers fight unfair banking practices, immigrants adapt to American customs and language, American Indians resist encroachment on their lands.

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immigrants adapt to American customs and language

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How did Civil Rights activists react to federal recognition of “Jim Crow” laws?

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Established the NAACP in an attempt question the legality of “Jim Crow” laws.