APUSH Unit 8

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

Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?

• Ida Tarbell
• Lewis Hines 
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and indirect of the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

• Jacob Riis
• Lewis Hines
• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair

Which of the following is a Recall?

• People have the right to choose who will run for President
• People have the right to remove an elected official from office
• People have the right to propose a new law
• People have the right to vote on any law passed by their government for approval/veto

Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

• Suffragists
• Muckrakers
• Students
• Chaffinators

The Sherman anti-trust act was passed to

• break up monopolies
• give equal rights to women
• help people living in poverty
• end racism

A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law

• Recall
• Referendum
• Initiative
• Primary

Which amendment allowed the government to collect income taxes?

• 16

• 17

• 18

• 19

which amendment let people elect their senators?

• 16

• 17

• 19

• 18

What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory?

• There was a fire and people were trapped inside without fire exits

• The roof collapsed

• The workers were fired for demanding the right to vote

• Immigrant workers were savagely attacked for "stealing white jobs"