Progressive Era

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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Suffrage refers to:

• Discrimination
• Women’s Rights
• The Right To Vote
• The Denial of Voting

What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?

• Banned the use of assembly lines
• Allowed the government to have unlimited power
• Cleaned up food producing factories
• Advocated for minority groups

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Which of the following marked the end of the progressive era?

• Starting of World War II
• Starting of Vietnam War
• Starting of World War I
• Starting of Iraq War

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

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

• Jacob Riis
• Lewis Hines
• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair

Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

• Suffragists
• Muckrakers
• Students
• Chaffinators

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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Prohibition began with the 

• 15th Amendment
• 17th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 21st Amendment

Many progressive reformers fought for equal rights including

• Susan B Anthony and WEB DuBois
• Carrie Catt and Upton Sinclair
• Booker T Washington and Teddy Roosevelt
• Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens