U.S.History 1st Semester Exam

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These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed 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: Civil War Era, Industrialization Era, Reconstruction Era

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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:

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Theodore Roosevelt

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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 was Jacob Riis reveal to the public through his book, How The Other Half Lives?

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living conditions of the tenement buildings in New York

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What do we call it when people walk out of their job and refuse to work?

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Strike

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Why would people go on strike?

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To demand better working conditions, more money, or to work less hours.

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Why were immigrants more willing to take the jobs that Americans were on strike from?

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Immigrants were desperate for money, and were willing to do the work.

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This photograph shows

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the common conditions faced by child laborers in the early 20th century.

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How did the publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair in 1906 most affect American industrialization?

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by revealing unsanitary food-processing practices