Progressive Era

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One of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to

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ensure that products were labeled accurately.

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Which Constitutional amendment provided for Prohibition (conservative social progressives)?

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18th

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A student learning about U.S. history is instructed to write a paper about W. E. B. Du Bois and race relations in the United States. Which of the following facts would be most relevant to the student’s assignment? Options: The Selma-to-Montgomery protest marches helped secure voting rights for minority citizens, The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens, The Civil Rights Act of 1968 outlawed many forms of discrimination in the housing market, The March on Washington helped rally nationwide support for the Civil Rights movement

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The NAACP was organized to help secure full legal equality for minority citizens

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What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

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19th

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In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed: Dangers faced by coal miners, Corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company, Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry, Illegal deals between special interests and the government

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Unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry

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Suffrage refers to:

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The Right To Vote

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What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?

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Cleaned up food producing factories

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Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

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Upton Sinclair

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Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

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Muckrakers

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Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol

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18th Amendment