Progressive Movement

Whose book led to the direct passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Acts?

• Jacob Riis

• Lewis Hines

• Ida Tarbell

• Upton Sinclair

What were the goals of the Progressives? 

• Make society more fair and democratic 
• Reduce the corruption in the economy and political system 
• To help solve the problems that were brought about by rapid industrialization 
• All of the above 

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was extremely important in American history because

• It allowed the government to break up trusts.

• It allowed the government to create trusts.

• It allowed businesses to create trusts.

• None of the above.

Upton Sinclair was a

• President

• Muckraker

• Monopolists

What was the name of the "muckraking" novel authored by Upton Sinclair?

• The Shame of the Cities
• The History of the Standard Oil Company
• The Jungle
• The Hunger Games

The Progressive Movement supported the idea that the federal government should-

• Reduce the number of farms
• Build an overseas empire
• Regulate big business
• Reduce immigration

What did Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis, and Upton Sinclair do that made them muckrakers?

• Exposed corruption

• Hid corruption

• Passed laws

• Started rival businesses

Who led the Progressive Movement?

• Farmers from the Midwest who needed more workers.

• The wealthy who wanted to help the poor.

• The middle class city dwellers who were educated.

• Poor immigrants who demanded help.

Jacob Riis is most important for

• finding a method to mass-produce steel.

• exposing the terrible conditions in the slums of New York.

• developing a new process to speed up production in factories.

• being the driving force behind the transcontinental railroad.

Which muckraking journalist took this picture?

• Lewis Hine

• Woodrow Wilson

• Jacob Riis

• Theodore Roosevelt