Progressive Era/Gilded Age

A "muckraker" is

• A journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories

• Someone who took bribes 

• someone who fought for women's rights

• a gardener

Answer explanation

A muckraker is a journalist who exposed living conditions in the tenements and factories. They played a crucial role in bringing attention to social issues and advocating for change.

Political machine who took advantage of New York city to make millions

• Susan B. Anthony
• Boss Tweed
• Jacob Riis
• Jane Addams

What was the purpose of the Sixteenth Amendment?

• Congress power to pass an income tax

• Congress to eliminate business monopolies

• All voters to vote on bills directly

• Direct election of senators

Who exposed the Standard Oil monopoly's unscrupulous business practices?

• Ida Tarbell
• Ida B. Wells
• Nellie Bly
• Lincoln Steffens

Which Muckraker exposed problems with the meat-packing industry in the book 'The Jungle'?

• Jacob Riis
• Ida B. Wells
• Upton Sinclair
• Ida Tarbell

What is the purpose of the Seventeenth Amendment?

• direct election of senators

• end political corruption

• voters remove elected officials from office

• graduated income tax

What was the purpose of the Civil Service Commission?

• fill government jobs based on merit

• end the Gilded Age

• break up monopolies

• award government jobs based on loyalty

From this image, who is in control of the US lawmakers.

• Large monopolies

• small private business

• political machines

• labor unions

What inventor first implemented the Assembly Line on a large scale?

• Henry Ford
• Orville Wright
• George Westinghouse
• Andrew Carnegie

Political Machines took advantage of what major groups?

• The Immigrants and the Poor

• The Immigrants and Big Businesses

• The Poor and the Chinese

• The Chinese and the Big Businesses