Unit 8 Progressive Era

What is a monopoly?

• When the government owns everything.

• When the people of the United States own everything.

• When one person or one company owns an entire industry.

• When a multitude of business owners own an entire industry.

Why was The Jungle an important book?

• It wasn't a book

• It showed the poor condition of factories

• It showed poor conditions of meat factories

• It showed the poor condition of tenements

People who tried to find solutions to problems

• Muckrakers

• Progressives

• Politicians

• Crooks

Which law broke up big business trusts into small companies?

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Roosevelt Antitrust Act

• Trust Act

• Act of breaking up trusts

What did the 16th Amendment do?

• Allowed the government to tax people's income

• Allowed the government to relocate immigrants

• Allowed the government the right to vote

• Allowed people the right to vote

What did the 17th Amendment do?

• Allowed the government to tax their income

• Allowed people to vote

• Allowed citizens the right to vote for their senators

• Allowed citizens to vote for their governors

These were journalists who wrote book and articles that exposed corruption in business and government:

• Progressives

• Muckrakers

• Sensationalists

• Investigative reporters

This time period focused on social and political reforms in the United States in the early 1900s:

• Civil War Era

• Industrialization Era

• Progressive Era

• Reconstruction Era

What is Lassiz Faire Economics?

• Government does not intervene in business practices

• Government sets up regulations for businesses

• Company controls all the competitors

• Government works with governments and gives them money to support them

Amendment that allowed the direct election of senators