Progressive Era Review

Which of the following was a major problem Americans faced in 1900?

• Unlimited farmland

• Unsafe working conditions

• Equal wages for all workers

• Honest, corruption-free politics

What was the main goal of the muckrakers?

• To end immigration

• To support business monopolies

• To entertain readers with fiction

• To expose corruption and problems in society

Which muckraker used photography to show tenement life in New York?

• Upton Sinclair

• Ida Tarbell

• Jacob Riis

• Jane Addams

Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle led to which reform?

• 19th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act

• Meat Inspection Act

• Sherman Silver Act

Ida Tarbell exposed the corrupt practices of Standard Oil.

• True

• False

Match the muckraker to their focus:

• Meatpacking Industry

• Upton Sinclair

• Tenement housing conditions

• Ida Tarbell

• Standard Oil Monopoly

• Jacob Riis

Who founded Hull House to help immigrants in Chicago?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Jane Addams

• Alice Paul

• Ida B. Wells

Which reformer investigated lynching and helped found the NAACP?

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Booker T. Washington

• Ida B. Wells

• Alice Paul

Booker T. Washington believed Black progress would come through:

• Immediate civil rights protests

• Overthrowing segregation laws

• Education and vocational training

• Political office only

Which reformer promoted the “Talented Tenth” and co-founded the NAACP?

• Ida B. Wells

• Booker T. Washington

• Susan B. Anthony

• W.E.B. Du Bois