Progressivism

1906- Wrote The Jungle which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. (Helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act)

• Upton Sinclair

• Lincoln Steffens

• Jacob Riis

• Frank Norris

Journalists who exposed practices of monopolies and big business

• Vloggers

• Muckrakers

• Yellow Journalism

• Tumblrs

Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were created in part because

• suffragist were protesting the meat packing industry.

• the 18th Amendment

• Civil Service Act

• of the book, The Jungle.

Law that requires company to properly label food and medicines

• Medicine Man

• Food Amendment

• Label Lemons

• Pure Food and Drug Act

Loosely linking their reform efforts under a single label, Progressive, was a belief that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic ills

• True

• False

What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Progressive Era?

• starting a system of women’s colleges

• winning elections for public office

• securing the right to vote

• separating men and women in prison

Which president supported progressive ideas such as conservation and the regulation of public health?

• William McKinley

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

Main goal of most muckraking journalists?

• Gain fame through articles of high popular interest

• Expose social and economic problems in need of political attention

• Increase public awareness of America's great potential

• End corrupt relationships between politicians and big business

Which factor contributed most to the spread of Progressive ideas during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• technological advancements in communication and transportation

• imperialist policies focused on a strong navy and acquiring overseas territories

• greater political engagement by women, minorities, and young people

• increasing public awareness of political corruption and business abuses

Which condition most directly led to the passage of the Sherman Antitrust act?

• The establishment of business monopolies that dominated industry

• The popularity of the Socialist Party of the United States

• The successful efforts of union leaders to organize American workers

• The high unemployment rate following an economic crisis