Progressive Era- 2024

The 1901 World's Fair, where President William McKinley was assassinated, was held in

• Reno, NV.

• St. Louis, MO.

• Washington, DC.

• Buffalo, NY.

Upon William McKinley's assassination, who became president?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John McCain

• Woodrow Wilson

• Donald Trump

In his book called "the Jungle," muckraker Upton Sinclair exposed

• dangers faced by coal miners.

• the corrupt business practices of the Standard Oil Company.

• illegal deals between special interests and the government.

• the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry.

The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were passed because of which muckraker?

• Ida Tarbell

• Nellie Bly

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

Who wrote the expose article that revealed the extensive corruption in the business practices of John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Upton Sinclair

• CS Lewis

A period of time when social, economic and political problems caused by rapid industrialization were exposed and in some cases reformed

• Industrialization
• Progressive Era
• Reconstruction
• Prohibition

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The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to

• break up monopolies
• give equal rights to women
• help people living in poverty
• end racism

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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act
• 18th Amendment
• Pure Food and Drug Act
• Equal Rights Amendment

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Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

• Suffragists
• Muckrakers
• Students
• Chaffinators

A muckraking journalist who went in undercover to expose horrible conditions at mental institutions.

• Ida B. Wells

• Ida Tarbell

• Florence Kelley

• Nellie Bly