U.S. History 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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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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Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

• Suffragists
• Muckrakers
• Students
• Chaffinators

Made it illegal to create trusts and monopolies

• Sherman Antitrust Act
• Sherman Antimonopoly Act
• Sherman Shortly Act
• Sherman No Business Act

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Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?

• Alexander Bell
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair
• Theodore Roosevelt

How did Bly help patients at the asylum on Blackwell Island?

• Bly wrote a book on the treatment of men on Blackwell Island.

• Bly, with the help of Thomas Edison made a short silent film on the conditions on Blackwell Island.

• Bly reported on the conditions in the asylum.

• Bly with the help of a leading composer wrote a song about the conditions on Blackwell Island.

Political bosses like ____ _____ caused many problems through their corruption, even though they helped some groups like immigrants.

• Boss Tweed

• William McKinley

• Donald Trump

• Ida Tarbell

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

This amendment created a federal income tax.

• the 16th Amendment

• the 17th Amendment

• the 18th Amendment

• the 19th Amendment