Progressive Era

Who wrote The Jungle?

• Jane Addams

• Charles Darwin

• Upton Sinclair

• Chester Arthur

What government change occurred because of The Jungle?

• Regulation of cash crops used for food for cattle

• Unionization of meat industry

• Creation of a federal health department

• Federal Meat Inspection Act

Who opened the Hull House?

• John Bell

• Jane Smith

• Jane Addams

• Upton Sinclair

Define muckraker.

• Radicals who despised any kind of immigrant

• Investigative journalists who desired social change

• Economists who predicted the Panics of 1877 and 1893

• Immigrants who went from rags to riches due to laissez faire economics

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 idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?

• Meat Inspection Act
• Preservation
• Conservation
• Intimidation

Which idea of Theodore Roosevelt’s led to the creation of National Parks?

• Meat Inspection Act
• Preservation
• Conservation
• Intimidation

What amendment provided suffrage for women (1920)?

• 16th
• 17th
• 18th
• 19th

Banned people from making, drinking or selling alcohol

• 17th Amendment
• 18th Amendment
• 19th Amendment
• 21st Amendment

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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