Muckrakers and the Progressive Era

Who led the Progressive Movement?

• Farmers from the Midwest who needed more workers.

• The wealthy who wanted to help the poor.

• The middle class city dwellers who were educated.

• Poor immigrants who demanded help.

A major goal of the Progressive movement was to

• stimulate the economy.

• support government control of factory production.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

• correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society.

Jacob Riis is most important for

• finding a method to mass-produce steel.

• exposing the terrible conditions in the slums of New York.

• developing a new process to speed up production in factories.

• being the driving force behind the transcontinental railroad.

The goals of muckraking journalists were to

• advertise the economic benefits of industrialization.

• describe and illustrate the problems within American society.

• encourage European immigration through advertising in European newspapers.

• attract rural residents to move into the urban centers.

During the Progressive Era, new amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. Which amendment number created a national income tax?

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

During the Progressive Era, new amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. Which amendment number allowed citizens to directly elect senators?

• 14th

• 15th

• 16th

• 17th

Which muckraking journalist took this picture?

• Lewis Hine

• Woodrow Wilson

• Jacob Riis

• Theodore Roosevelt

Which muckraking journalist took this picture?

• Lewis Hine

• Woodrow Wilson

• Jacob Riis

• Theodore Roosevelt

In 1906, the United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act which allowed government officials to inspect meat sold in interstate trade. What type of reform was this law?

• Grassroots

• State

• National

• International

The NAACP was created to

• promote the rights of African Americans.

• organize ethnic enclaves in large urban centers.

• direct immigrants to helpful services such as locating factory jobs.

• promote settlement of the American Midwest away from large urban centers.