US History Unit 2 Quiz 2 (Progressives, Big Business, Unions)

Which one of two laws did the federal government do in response to the rotten meats revealed by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Interstate Commerce Act

• Indian Removal Act

A goal of the Progressives during the Progressive Era was to.

• end child labor

• end political corruption

• expand direct democracy

• all of the above

What did the 16th amendment do?

• Congress can collect income taxes

• allowed for the direct election of senators

• banned the sale of alcohol

• granted women's suffrage

What role did Teddy Roosevelt play in conservation?

• He influenced the creation of the National Parks System

• He called on Americans to stop consuming oil

• He signed a law banning the use of fossil fuels.

• He advocated for conservative values.

The Gilded Age (1880s-1900s) featured the growing power of big business and their monopolization of industries. Such economic power prevented competition and manipulated consumer prices. What did Congress do as a response?

• Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act

• Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Congress passed laws protecting monopolies

• Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act

This muckraker revealed the unsanitary conditions of the streets of New York City caused by widespread homelessness and poverty of newcomers.

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Thomas Nast

• Jacob Riis

What did the 19th amendment do?

• It allowed for the direct election of senators.

• It banned the sale of alcohol.

• It allowed women's suffrage

• It allowed 18 year olds and over to vote

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, led President Roosevelt to respond by

• passing the 16th Amendment

• better school nutrition programs

• government regulation of the food industry

• reforms in working conditions

A major purpose of the Progressive Movement (1900 to 1917) was to –

• correct the economic and social abuses of industrial society.

• encourage immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

• support government control of factory production.

• stimulate the industrial economy.

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Bureaucrats

Answer explanation

Upton Sinclair was considered a "muckraker" for his investigation and subsequent writing of The Jungle.