US Ch. 18. Section # 1 The Origins of Progressivism

In 1906 Upton Sinclair’s novel entitled "The Jungle" exposed dangerous workplace conditions and the way this food was processed on the way to americans dinner table.

• in the meatpacking industry.

• for children working long hours.

• for miners in West Virginia and Colorado.

Journalists known as muckrakers worked at

• Exposing political and business corruption.

• Attacking the ideas of socialists.

• Opposing government regulation of business.

Jane Addams and Florence Kelley both worked to reform

• working conditions for miners

• abuses by land speculators

• local labor conditions and to abolish child labor.

Mother Jones is best known for organizing unions in

• factories in Massachusetts

• mines in West Virginia and Colorado

• steel mills in Pennsylvania

Upton Sinclair was the ____________

• Muckraker who investigated standard oil
• Steel Tycoon
• Author of the Jungle who investigated the meatpacking industry.

A _________________ was a journalist who sought to uncover problems like the ones Upton Sinclair discovered in the meatpacking industry.

• carpetbagger
• muckraker
• suffragette
• scalawag

____________ are changes for the better.

• Improvements

• Upgrades

• Reforms

The Progressive Reform movement sought to address issues resulting from:

• The American Revolution

• Industrialization and Urbanization

• The Civil War

A movement to improve working and living conditions for common Americans

• Labor movement

• Women's Union

• Progressive Era

Journalists known as muckrakers worked often "undercover" in order to expose corruption ?

• No, This is False

• Why Yes, This is True