Progressive Era

What group lived in the tenement areas of large cities?

• The wealthy
• Students
• The poor
• The middle class

In the late 1800s, what was the main cause for the increase in the number of tenement buildings?

• Need for health care facilities
• Changing role of women in the home
• Rapid growth of urban populations
• Increased federal aid for housing

What did progressives advocate for or support?

• Aid to the railroads
• Economic and social reforms
• Enlarging the spoils system
• Laissez-faire economics

What name was given to reporters who exposed dangers in food, drugs, and working conditions during the early 20th century?

• Realists
• Muckrakers
• Trustbusters
• Suffragists

In the early 1900s, what actions characterized the muckraker's reform movements?

• They worked to repeal the Sherman Anti-trust act
• They wrote articles and novels which exposed problems caused by industrialization
• They supported the actions of monopolies
• They formed a political party that proposed solutions for the current problems

Which is NOT a way that muckrakers exposed corruption in the early 1900s?

• Published exposés in magazines and newspapers
• Took photographs of living conditions
• Wrote novels highlighting working conditions
• Broadcast news on the radio

Who were Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, and Ida Tarbell?

• Supporters of the Spoils system
• Senators who supported the Bull Moose Party
• Leaders of the NAACP
• Writers and critics who exposed injustice and corruption

What reformer was known for his work in improving the conditions of the slums in New York City?

• Martin Van Buren
• William H. Seward
• Jacob Riis
• George Eastman

Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the

• Lack of education amongst immigrants

• Evils of the meatpacking industry

• Conditions of the tenements

• Lynchings of African-Americans that were common in the South

Who wrote the History of the Standard Oil Company which exposed John D. Rockefeller's underhanded business dealings with the railroads and politicians?

• Ida Tarbell
• Frank Norris
• Upton Sinclair
• Lincoln Steffens