Unit 6 Part 2 Test Review

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What did Ida Tarbell criticize in The History of the Standard Oil Company?

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the company's unethical and exploitive business practices

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How was the United States federal government affected by Progressive Era reforms?

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It took on a larger role in regulating private businesses.

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What was the central purpose of Jane Addams's Hull House in the early 1900s?

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To offer social services and educational opportunities for working-class immigrants.

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Why did women become increasingly involved in reform movements during the Progressive Era?

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Denied the right to vote, women looked for other ways to have a meaningful impact on society.

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What was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws that were passed after Reconstruction?

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to enforce segregation between African Americans and whites in the South

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What was the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

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Racial segregation remained commonplace throughout the country.

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In 1910, noted author and activist W. E. B. Du Bois cofounded an organization "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination." What was the name of this organization?

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the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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One of the main goals of progressive reformers during the early twentieth century was:

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to promote social welfare and reduce corruption

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The Progressive Movement was largely a reaction to

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the hardships suffered by the working class caused by industrialization and urbanization.

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Use the table to answer the question.

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Progressive reforms of the early twentieth century.