Progressive Era Review

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Journalists who wrote books and articles exposing corruption in business and government.

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Muckrakers

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This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

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Progressive Era

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This U.S. president made significant contributions to breaking up big business during the Progressive Era:
Options: Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Why did the Progressive Era grow in the United States?

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because of the negative impact of industrialization

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People who were trying to get the 19th Amendment passed were supporting what?

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Right to vote for women

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What did Jacob Riis reveal in his book, How The Other Half Lives?

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living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

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Which book is associated with this cartoon?

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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

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An apartment house, often in cities, in which living conditions are deplorable.

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Tenement

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Who was responsible for informing the public of the appalling working conditions of meat packing plants with the book "The Jungle?"

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Upton Sinclair

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Political machines took advantage of ________________ in big cities.

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immigrants

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