SSUSH13: Progressive Reforms

As a result of “The Jungle” The Pure Food and Drug Act together with the Meat Inspection Act indicated the government's growing commitment to__________________________.

• Conserve the environment.

• Protect workers' rights.

• eliminate business competition

• protect consumers

How did Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, “The Jungle”, impact the meatpacking industry?

• It led to increased demand for well-trained meatpacking workers.

• It led to the closing of most of the meatpacking houses in the Atlanta area.

• It led to employers' implementing shorter working hours in meatpacking houses.

• It led to federal legislation that resulted in cleaner and sanitary conditions in meatpacking factories.

What did Jane Addams’s establishment, the Hull House, and the other major reforms led by women at the turn of the century, have in common?

• They all attempted to improve people’s living and working conditions, with many focusing on ending child labor.

• They all helped to provide education and to change laws about temperance.

• They all focused on providing better medical care and education for people.

• They all worked to give greater job and educational opportunities to women.

What resulted from the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case in 1896?

• It allowed African Americans the right to vote in local elections.

• It overturned the laws requiring public education for African Americans.

• It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation of African Americans (made segregation legal)

• It mandated states to allow African Americans on any public transportation.

Which best describes the Jim Crow laws that were enacted in many southern states in the late 1800s?

• laws prohibiting the production or sale of alcoholic beverages

• laws mandating segregation of different races as separate but equal

• laws mandating paying African Americans fair and equal compensation for labor (equal pay)

• laws prohibiting immigrants from taking jobs away from citizens born in the United States

Which sentence BEST describes the distinctive focus of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in the early 1900s?

• They sought to challenge segregation through political action and organization

• They produced movies and plays to bring an end to segregation.

• They urged temporary acceptance of segregation and lower incomes.

• They based their ideas on those followed by traditional leaders in Africa.

Link the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson to the expansion of Jim Crow laws and the formation of the NAACP.

• Plessy v. Ferguson outlawdJim Crow laws and the NAACP was formed to ensure they stayed illegal.

• The Plessy v. Ferguson decision supported Jim Crow laws by making them legal, and the NAACP was formed to fight against that decision and other forms of racial inequality.

• Plessy v. Ferguson desegregated public schools. The NAACP acted as a school board to ensure the black students were receiving equal education.

• The Plessy v. Ferguson case was an example of yellow journalism supporting Jim Crow laws. The NAACP was formed to educate the American people about the truth of Jim Crow laws.

What role did Jane Adams play in the early 1900s?

• She opened the Hull House, an example of the British settlement house, which educated and assisted low-income families and migrants.

• She investigated and wrote about unfair business practices in the Standard Oil Company.

• She uncovered and exposed corruption in U.S. foreign policy.

• She fought for women’s suffrage and the formation of female universities.

Why did journalist Ida Tarbell choose to write a series of articles about the history of Standard Oil in McClure’s Magazine between 1902 and 1904?

• to generate support for laws to prevent drilling for oil in Alaska

• to expose how a big oil trust took advantage of smaller companies

• to give credit to John D. Rockefeller, Sr., for his fair and innovative economic ideas

• to educate entrepreneurs about methods and pitfalls for creating a major corporation

What did Ida Tarbell become after writing “The History of the Standard Oil Company”?

• a muckraker

• a prohibitionist

• a carpetbagger

• an environmentalist