the Gilded Age

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The late 1800s in the United States was labeled the “Gilded Age” to describe the…

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extremes of wealth and poverty

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Which development led to the other three? Options: Massive influx of “new Immigrants” arrive in the United States, U.S. economy expands rapidly, Muckrakers expose social and economic problems, The gap between the rich and poor widened

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Massive influx of “new Immigrants” arrive in the United States

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Progressive Era author and muckraker Upton Sinclair is best known for…

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focusing attention on social conditions

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Muckrakers are best known for…

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exposing widespread abuses in business and government

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The growth of big business in the late 1800s resulted in…

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the widening of the economic gap between rich and poor

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Which event of the early 1900’s is evidence that Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle had an important impact on the United States? Options: passing of new laws maintaining the unsanitary conditions of slaughterhouses, continued lack of government intervention, passing of legislation requiring Federal inspection of meat, public inaction in response to the publication

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passing of legislation requiring Federal inspection of meat

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In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis described the conditions experienced by..

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new immigrants in urban slums

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Which event was a result of the other 3? Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, Massive increase in the power of trusts, mass arrival of “New” immigrants to the United States.

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Passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906

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Muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis published articles and books primarily to…

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make Americans aware of problems in society

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Which Development led to the other three? Options: growth of tenements and slums, shift from a rural to an urban lifestyle, rapid industrial growth, widespread use of child labor

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shift from a rural to an urban lifestyle