Progressive Era STAAR Review

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Journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s.

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Muckrakers

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Wrote "The Jungle", that portrays the dangerous and unhealthy conditions prevalent in the meat packing industry at that time.

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Upton Sinclair

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Teddy Roosevelt's progressive plan; involved trust-busting and conservation projects.

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Square Deal

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Muckraker that wrote "History of the Standard Oil Company" to show how Rockefeller's power was based on unfair business practices

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Ida Tarbell

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What anti monopoly law made all "combinations, contracts, and conspiracies" that restrained free trade illegal (1890)?

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Sherman Antitrust Act

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Which Progressive President used Big Stick Diplomacy and was known as a Trust buster?

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Teddy Roosevelt

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The actions of muckrakers in the late 19th century and early 20th century resulted in

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government regulation of unfair business practices

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Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

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Muckrakers

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Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?

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Jacob Riis

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Economic Policies Under President T. Roosevelt:
Step 1:Enforce federal laws
Step 2:Target monopolies

Which phrase describes the MAIN objective reflected by these steps?

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making markets more competitive