H13 Quizizz- Progressive Era

Muckrakers were

• progressive reformers who sought legal changes to problems
• politicians who passed laws cleaning up the "muck" in society
• governors who wanted to get rid of monopolies
• journalists who wrote about the problems in society

The Progressive Era could best be summed up as...

• an era that experienced massive job loss due to the collapse of the economy.
• an era that placed a great emphasis on reforming the corruption and injustices throughout American society.
• an era where the US started the "war on terror"
• an era where there was no government regulation on American businesses.

"History of Standard Oil Company" in McClure's magazine : exposes the ruthless tactics of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company through series of published articles

• Lincoln Steffens 
• Thomas Nest
• Ida B. Well
• Ida Tarbell

How the Other Half Lives (1890) : Living conditions of an urban poor; focused on exposing horrific conditions in tenements

• Ida B. Wells
• Upton Sinclair
• Frank Norris
• Jacob Riis

The Jungle (1906) : investigated and exposed the horrid conditions at meatpacking plant

• Ida B. Wells
• Frank Norris
• Upton Sinclair
• Thomas Nest

protecting and saving wilderness

• muckrakers
• progressives
• conservation
• strikebreakers

Which of the following was a struggle for worker’s in the Industrial Era? 

• Not enough hours for worker’s to make a living wage. 
• Child labor, immigrant labor, and employment of women meant lower wages. 
• Encourage greater circulation of money by backing with silver and gold. 
• Create a political party to fight for worker’s rights on the national level. 

To preserve water, trees, plants, and other natural resources

• Precipitation
• Confurion
• Conservation
• Infusion

  Which groups influenced the  Pure Food and Drug Act?

• muckrakers and women's organizations
• college students
• farmers and pastors
• unions and lawyers

A modern day muckraker would be a:

• police man/woman
• politician
• farmer
• reporter/journalist