Muckraking through Journalism

Society was dominated by who

• Muckrakers

• Robberbarons

True or false?

Pre- Industrial Revolution, there were agrarian, rural societies.

• True

• False

The most advanced nation during the Industrial Revolution was

• United States

• Great Britain

• France

• Germany

A new technology was created that was very beneficial to manual laborers during the Industrial Revolution. What is it?

• Printing Technology

• Telegraph

• Radio

Who was it that worked odd jobs before becoming a reporter and was therefore familiar with New York City?

• Lincoln Steffan

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

________ ________ published and wrote "How the Other Half Lives".

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Lincoln Steffan

Who grew up in Pennsylvania oil country?

• Jacob Riis

• Ida Tarbell

• Lincoln Steffens

True or false?

Ida Tarbell worked for Chautauquan magazine before going to McClure's.

• True

• False

This article described Rockefeller’s secret, and illegal, agreements with railroads on shipping his oil, thereby eliminating competition, and running smaller companies out of business.

• Rockefeller Dominating Railroad Business

• Companies being shut down as a result of Rockefeller's Monopoly

• History of the Standard Oil Company

Ida Tarbell was originally scheduled for 3 investments, which quickly became

• 12

• 27

• 19

• 18