Corruption in the Workplace

Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle was about the _____.

• cattle industry

• railroad industry

• tenement & apartment living in the cities

• meatpacking industry

What is corruption ?

• problem solving

• dishonesty

• fixing an issue

• corporation

A settlement house - like the HULL HOUSE - was started by

• Jane Doe

• Jane Addams

• Jane Hull

• Jane Tweed

William Tweed was known a

• a boss of a meat packing industry

• a boss of a steel industry

• a boss of a textile industry

• the boss of a politcal machine

When you can get a government job because of WHO you know - instead of WHAT you know : this is called the

• Pendelton Act

• Square Deal

• Spoils System

• Sherman Anti-trust Act

The whole purpose for the Civil Service Exam was to reward people with government jobs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

President William Howard Taft helped write reform laws to create mimimum wage, restrict child labor, and the

• 6 hour work day

• 8 hour work day

• 10 hour work day

• 12 hour work day

The AFL, which represents the labor unions for skilled workers, is the __.

• American Football League

• American Farmers League

• American Foundation of Labor

• American Federation of Labor

The federal reserve is a national banking system run by the government - not private bankers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A muckraker is a political boss who bribed peole to get the vote for their candidate.

• TRUE

• FALSE