Progressivism

Define Muckraker.

• photographers who took pictures during the progressive era
• people who were writers during the progressive era
• people who were dirty and mucky when they immigrated here
• journalist and photographers who exposed the problems in society

Who were progressives?

• reformers who tried to solve social problems
• reformers who wanted to end discrimination 
• reformers who wanted better jobs
• reformers who wanted to become communists

Who exposed the meatpacking industry by writing the jungle.

• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair
• Lincoln Steffens
• Jacob Riis

Who exposed the poor living conditions in NYC by writing How the Other Half Lives. 

• Jacob Riis
• Ida Tarbell
• Upton Sinclair
• Lincoln Steffens

What does suffrage mean?

• right to go to school
• right to work for better pay
• right to better housing
• right to vote

What did the Meat Inspection Act accomplish?

• Banned the use of assembly lines
• Allowed the government to have unlimited power
• Cleaned up food producing factories
• Advocated for minority groups

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Who was the photographer who revealed to the world how the lower class lived?

• Alexander Bell
• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sinclair
• Theodore Roosevelt

Writers that dig up the bad things going on in society

• Suffragists
• Muckrakers
• Students
• Chaffinators

Rockefeller and Carnegie are regarded by many as...

• Hardworkers
• Yellow Journalists
• Muckrakers
• Robber Barons

What law or agency did The Jungle inspire?

• the Meat Inspection Act
• the Sherman Antitrust Act
• the Forest Service
• the National Park Service