Intro to Progressives

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An "ill of industrialization" is a term used to describe

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a problem with industrialization

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Which of the following best describes what it means to be progressive?

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to be in favor of change to better society

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Which of the following is an effect of Jacob Riis' work? Less monopolies, Better living conditions in cities, More monopolies, Worse living conditions in tenement housings

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Better living conditions in cities

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What is a muckraker?

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a journalist who exposes the evils of society or government

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Who is the progressive who wrote How the Other Half Lives?

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Jacob Riis

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Which of the following correctly describes the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? To make it easier to form monopolies, to improve the conditions of tenements, to set quality standards within the US Food Industry, to break up monopolies

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to break up monopolies

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All the following were goals of the Progressive Era EXCEPT: Fix the problems from the Gilded Age, End political corruption, Decrease the gap between the rich and the poor

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Increase the power of Big Business

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Which pair of people is most closely related to reforming the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?

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Ida Tarbell and Joseph Kepler

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Which of the following issues did Mother Jones and Lewis Hines all want to reform?
Government ownership of Railroads,
Political Machines running corrupt elections,
Big Business bribing US Congressmen,
Child Labor

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Child Labor

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What did Mark Twain mean by the "Gilded Age"?

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Things are thinly covered in gold, but really rotten to the core