Key Figures of Progressive Era

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Who wrote the book "The Jungle," which exposed the unsafe and unsanitary conditions of the Meatpacking Industry?

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Upton Sinclair

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Which President of the United States was elected in 1912 after a split in the Republican votes?

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Woodrow Wilson

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Who were the feminist reformers that played a part in the women’s rights movement?

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Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Which African American leader helped found the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?

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Booker T. Washington

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Who took pictures of poor tenement housing in New York City and used them in his book "How the Other Half Lives"?

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Jacob Riis

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Which President formed the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party, after losing the candidate race in 1912?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Who was a more modern feminist reformer that took leadership over fighting for the right to vote for women?

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Carrie Chapman Clatt

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Which muckraker fought against powerful monopolies and trust owners such as John D. Rockefeller?

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Ida Tarbell

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Who was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University and encouraged African Americans to fight discrimination?

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W.E.B. DuBois

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Who was the 27th President of the United States and lost to Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election?

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William H. Taft