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Which describes living conditions in tenements during the Gilded Age?

• Spacious and safe

• Spacious yet dirty

• Luxurious

• Unclean, unsafe, and few windows

What did progressives want to use to address corruption within corporations?

• Violence

• Government regulation

• Disenfranchisement

• Pop tarts

Roosevelt wanted the beautiful lands of the U.S. to be left unchanged for future generations to enjoy. This fits in with which of the three C's?

• Controlling corporations

• Consumer protections

• Conservation

Which of the following best describes the impact/effects of the publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?

• Its publication led to less regulation and more corruption.

• Its publication led to more regulation through the passage of laws such as the Meat Inspection Act.

• Its publication led to violence in the streets as Americans took this matter into their own hands.

• Its publication led to the rise of corrupt politicians, including William 'Boss' Tweed.

The 17th amendment provided for

• The direct election of senators.

• Women's right to vote.

• The end of slavery

• The inspection of meat-processing plants.

Which describes an effect of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?

• The passage of the 17th amendment

• Many people died, yet nothing was done to solve the root of the issue.

• The US Government began to regulate workplace safety conditions.

• The US Government placed less regulations on workplace safety conditions.

Which best describes the role of muckrakers during the Gilded Age?

• Muckrakers were journalists who exposed conditions in hopes of getting the government to act.

• Muckrakers were journalists who wanted the government to keep laissez-faire policies in place.

• Muckrakers owned huge corporations which were often extremely corrupt.

• Muckrakers were politicians who used bribery and corruption to stay in power.

Which describes the effects of the efforts of muckraker Jacob Riis?

• His photographs of living conditions and his book, 'How the Other Half Lives,' led to laws requiring tenements to have windows and fresh air.

• His photographs of child labor led to laws that sought to prevent child labor, such as the Keating Owen Act.

• His exposé of Standard Oil exposed the corruption behind Rockefeller’s monopoly to the

  public.

• His political cartoons exposed corruption in politics, especially that of political machines

  like William “Boss” Tweed in New York City.

Which describes the effects of the efforts of muckraker Ida Tarbell?

• Her photographs of living conditions and his book, 'How the Other Half Lives,' led to laws requiring tenements to have windows and fresh air.

• Her photographs of child labor led to laws that sought to prevent child labor, such as the Keating Owen Act.

• Her exposé of Standard Oil exposed the corruption behind Rockefeller’s monopoly to the

  public.

• Her political cartoons exposed corruption in politics, especially that of political machines

  like William “Boss” Tweed in New York City.

Which describes the effects of the efforts of muckraker Thomas Nast?

• His photographs of living conditions and his book, 'How the Other Half Lives,' led to laws requiring tenements to have windows and fresh air.

• His photographs of child labor led to laws that sought to prevent child labor, such as the Keating Owen Act.

• His exposé of Standard Oil exposed the corruption behind Rockefeller's monopoly to the public.

• His political cartoons exposed corruption in politics, especially that of political machines like William 'Boss' Tweed in New York City.