The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era was a time for

• Big Business to take over

• Reform or change

• Abolition of slavery

• Move west

The term for people who exposed various problems in society through their work as journalists, writers, and photographers is

• Women for Temperance

• Politicians

• Muckrakers

• Scabs

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed what/who?

• Meat packing industry

• Automotive Industry

• Building Codes and Living Conditions

• Urban corruption

Who was the photographer that exposed living conditions in their book How the Other Half Lives

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Thomas Nast

Who wrote The Shame of the Cities to expose urban corruption and political machines?

• Upton Sinclair

• Lincoln Steffens

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

The goal of Muckrakers was to make

• Money

• Social Reform

• Jobs

• Political platform so they could run the city

The 17th Amendment gave voters the direct ability to vote for who?

• Mayor

• President

• Senate

• Union Representatives

One of Theodore Roosevelt's nicknames was the "Trustbuster"

• True

• False

What plan did Theodore Roosevelt implement during the progressive era to "give fair treatment to all"

• 14 Points Plan

• 10% Plan

• The Square Deal

• New Deal

Which act was used to regulate trusts and eliminate bad trusts?

• Anthracite Coal Strike

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• 17th Amendment