Muckrakers

Muckrakers

9th - 11th Grade

12 Qs

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Muckrakers

Muckrakers

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Subject of Shame of the Cities

Political corruption in big cities

Haphazard practices in Chicago meat packing plants

Abuses of the railroad company on farmers

Problems faced by people living in the cities such as poverty

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Subject of History of the Standard Oil Company

Haphazard working conditions in a Chicago meat packing plant such as rodents running around the factory

Poor treatment of farmers by the railroad company which stole their land to expand

Documented John D. Rockefeller's rise to power, focusing on his lack of ethics which harmed his workers

Poor living conditions faced by those living in urban areas

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Subject of The Octopus

Haphazard conditions of the Chicago meat packing factories that allowed water to drip on meat

Focused on the injustices at the fault of the railroad company on farmers. It covered an event between ranchers and the railroad that turned bloody

The problems facing the urban poor, like poor living conditions

Political corruption in the cities were politicians focused more on their own profits than governing.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Legislation enacted as a result of the "The Jungle"

Pure Food & Drug Act

Tenement Housing Act

17th Amendment

21st Amendment

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Legislation enacted as a result of "How the Other Half Lives

Pure Food & Drug Act

Tenement Housing Act

17th Amendment

18th Amendment

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Wrote “History of the Standard Oil Company,” in 1902. Showed how Rockefeller’s rise was based on ruthless business practices. 

Ida B. Wells 
Ida Tarbell 
Susan B. Anthony 
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities. 

Upton Sinclair 
Lincoln Steffens 
Jacob Riis 
Frank Norris 

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