US History Unit 7 review- Industrialization & Progressivism

During the Progressive Era, ________ acted as guardians and keepers of their homes and tried to end social injustices.

• Men

• Children

• Women

• Representatives

Plessy v. Ferguson led to the creatiion of Jim Crow laws in the North.

• True

• False

The pony express was taken out by the invention of the ________.

• telephone

• telegraph

• railroad

• buffalo

The initiative, referendum, recall, and the 17th amendment led to increases in voter rights.

• True

• False

Used strikes to convince workers to give workers shorter workdays , better conditions, and higher wages.

• National Women's Organization

• American Federation of Labor

Journalists that investigated and exposed political corruption, child labor, slum conditions, and other social issues.

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Muckrakers

Tried to reform American Society and politics during the early 1900s.

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• John D. Rockefeller

• NOBODY

He exposed poor labor practices and unsanitary conditions that produced contaminated meat.

• Jacob Riis

• John D. Rockefeller

• Upton Sinclair

• Jim Crow

He used the concepts of trust and monopoly to control more than 90% of America's oil industry.

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• Jacob Riis

• Abraham Lincoln

She established Hull House to help immigrants with their basic needs.

• Ida Tarbell

• Harriet Tubman

• Jan Addams

• Hillary Clinton