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muckraker

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Progressives viewed all levels of government and political parties as

a)

effective

b)

corrupt

c)

hard working

d)

honest and helpful

2.

What was the main goal of muckrakers?

a)

expose the wrongdoings of industrialization

b)

Clean up the streets

c)

Win Nobel Peace Prizes

3.

Which of the following are effects of Industrialization?

a)

Urbanization

b)

Monopolies

c)

Bad working conditions

d)

Cheaper products

4.

Imagine you're a time traveler, and you've landed in the era of the Progressive movement. One of their major goals was to...

a)

Boost the economy to new heights.

b)

Have the government take over factory production.

c)

Encourage a wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

d)

Fix the economic and social wrongs of the industrial society.

5.

How did the public get their information during the early 1900s?

a)

TV

b)

Internet

c)

Cellphones

d)

Newspapers & Magazines

6.

Muckrakers were...

a)

Singers

b)

Street Cleaners

c)

Writers

7.

Reform is...

a)

a positive change

b)

a popular game

c)

a landform

8.

The work of the muckrakers led to....

a)

more people moving west.

b)

Reconstruction coming to an end.

c)

New laws and legislation

9.

I know what a muckraker is now.

a)

True

b)

False