Progressive Era People & Policies

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The term muckraker was used in the early 1900s to describe writers who

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exposed abuses in American society

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• Overcrowding
• High crime rate
• Poor sanitation

In the early 1900s, these problems were most directly a result of

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rapid urbanization

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Which book is associated with this photo? Options: The Octopus by Frank Norris, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens

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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

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This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s: Civil War Era, Industrialization Era, Progressive Era, Reconstruction Era

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Progressive Era

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Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois agreed that African Americans should

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use education to gain opportunities

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What is the economic philosophy that opposes government intervention?

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Laissez-faire