Muckrakers

Muckrakers

11th Grade

15 Qs

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which term may be defined as the rewarding of jobs to local supporters, as opposed to certification?

favorites

public interest

patronage

initiative

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which muckraker wrote History of the Standard Oil Company, in 1902, exposing Rockefeller’s rise that was based on ruthless business practices?

Ida B. Wells

Ida Tarbell

Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What muckraker wrote The Jungle, which exposed the conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry?

Upton Sinclair

Lincoln Steffens

Jacob Riis

Frank Norris

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What influential lady was co-founder of Hull House, which was an all-purpose community center for poor immigrant people living in crowded city neighborhoods?

Jane Addams

Ida Tarbell

Frances Willard

Susan B Anthony

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nickname for journalists who exposed corruption and deficits of urban America:

Gump Mushers

Muckrakers

Scalawags

Dirt Diggers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jacob Riis used a different medium to demonstrate the way corporate greed led to the impoverishment of American city-life.


His book, How the Other Half Lives, used __________________ to expose urban living conditions.

Music

Audio Recordings

Paintings

Photographs

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two federal acts were passed as a result of the book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

Anti Sherman Act & Clayton AntiTrust Act

Federal Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act

Federal Meatpacking Sanitation & Holy Foods Act

16th & 17th amendments

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