Muckrakers--SSUSH13a

• Unsafe working conditions
• Child labor practices
• Unsafe and unsanitary housing
• Immigrant literacy and education

Which of the following groups brought the above social problems to the attention of society?

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• Muckrakers

• capitalists

• Industrialists

• Nativists

During the Progressive Era, muckrakers published articles and novels primarily to (SSUSH13a)

• advance their own political careers

• help the federal government become

  more efficient

• make Americans aware of problems in

  society

• provide entertainment for readers

A period of time when social, economic, and political problems caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization were exposed and in some cases reformed

• Industrialization

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction

• Prohibition

Photographed conditions of the urban poor in “How the Other Half Lives.” Examined the conditions of the poor in America’s cities. 

• Upton Sinclair 
• Lincoln Steffens 
• Jacob Riis 
• Frank Norris 

Journalists who exposed practices of corrupt government, big business, and social issues were

• Gump Mushers

• Muckrakers

• Scalawags

• Dirt Diggers

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is credited with exposing the unsanitary conditions in the food industry and helping to pass the

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• 18th Amendment

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Equal Rights Amendment

Which agency did the federal government establish to protect consumer’s safety as a response to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

• Food and Drug Administration

• NAACP

• National Park Service

• Environmental Protection Agency

The Progressive Era could best be summed up as...

• an era that experienced massive job loss due to the collapse of the economy.
• an era that placed a great emphasis on reforming the corruption and injustices throughout American society.
• an era where the US started the "war on terror"
• an era where there was no government regulation on American businesses.

Which of these is a work associated with the Muckrakers?

• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

• The Liberator by William Lloyd Garrison

• The Empire of Business by Andrew Carnegie