Muckrakers

Muckrakers

8th Grade

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Muckrakers

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A journalist who worked to expose the problems of a city was called:

A Spoiler

A Muckracker

A worker

A union boass

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How/Why did muckrakers get their name?

They "raked" up dirt or "muck" and exposed it.

Because they worked in barns.

They liked to make up muck, or stuff that wasn't true.

It was the name of the newspaper they worked for.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Jacob Riis devote his life to?

Showing the horrors of lynching

Showing the horrors of child labor

Showing the horrors of Standard Oil's business practices

Showing the horrors of life in the slums for immigrants and poor Americans

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What book did Upton Sinclair publish?

The History of Standard Oil Company

The Bitter Cry of the Children

The Jungle

How the Other Half Lives

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Upton Sinclair expose in his book?

The horrors of the meat packing industry

The horrors of child labor

The horrors of city housing (slums) for immigrants and poor Americans

The horrors of lynching

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did John Spargo expose in his book?

The horrors of the meat packing industry

The horrors of child labor

The horrors of city housing (slums) for immigrants and poor Americans

The horrors of lynching

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Ida Tarbell expose in her book?

The horrors of the meat packing industry

The horrors of child labor

The horrors of the unfair business practices of the Standard Oil Company

The horrors of lynching

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