The Progressive Era

A group of workers who gather with the purpose of protecting their rights and furthering their interests-

• Muckrakers

• Progressives

• Labor Union

• Monopoly

Which of the following was NOT a goal of labor unions?

• Shorter workday

• Less pay

• End child labor

• Better working conditions

Which of the following was NOT a tactic used by labor unions?

• Monopolies

• Protests

• Strikes

• Riots

Muckrakers-

• Cleaned the streets of growing cities

• Created muck for labor unions

• were investigative journalists

• Ratified the 19th Amendment

Muckrakers wanted to

• Enhance the power of robber barons and create monopolies

• Inform the Americans about the poor living and working conditions of workers and the corruption of the wealthy business owners

• Help immigrants afford passage to the United States and assimilate into American culture

• Place a ban on books that exposed the corruption of big business and tenement living

This was an example of-

• Women's Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Jim Crow Laws

• Muckraking

The Jungle was a best selling book, but did not help reform the meatpacking industry.

• True

• False

Which law made it illegal to sell mislabeled foods?

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Meat Inspection Act

• Pure Meat Act

• Food and Drug Inspection Act

Which law required federal inspectors to visit meatpacking plants to make sure they were sanitary?

• Pure Meat Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Food Inspection Act

• Meat Inspection Act

The Progressive Era was a time in America when-

• People waned to expand West

• People tried to reform the negative effects of Industrialization

• Americans pushed to end Slavery

• The lower classes dominated the upper classes