Muckraker Basics
What were muckrakers known for exposing?
What is corruption and wrongdoing within institutions? (bad stuff in society)
Who wrote The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
What acts were passed due to "The Jungle"?
Identify 1 act for full credit or 2 for double credit
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
The Meat Inspection Act
This Muckraker was born into slavery and fought to end lynching and other forms of racism.
Ida B. Wells
What kind of laws tried to restrict the rights of African Americans?
Jim Crow Laws
When was the Progressive Era?
1890s to 1920s
Who exposed Standard Oil's monopoly?
Ida Tarbell
What happened to Standard Oil in 1911?
It was broken up by the Supreme Court
Who wrote "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases"?
Ida B. Wells
What Supreme Court decision ruled that "separate but equal" was constitutional?
Plessy v Ferguson
What is legislation?
a law
or
a set of laws
Who used photography in How the Other Half Lives to expose urban poverty?
Jacob Riis
What law was passed in 1938 that regulated child labor?
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Who wrote "How the Other Half Lives"?
Jacob Riis
What Supreme Court decision ruled that "separate but equal" was NOT constitutional?
Brown v the Board of Education
Who coined the term muckraker?
Teddy Roosevelt
Who was the photographer who sparked outrage over child labor?
Lewis Hine
What did Jane Addams create to improve the lives of poor immigrants?
Hull House
Who wrote "The Bitter Cry of the Children"?
John Spargo
What organization worked to make sure that the rights from the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were protected for all?
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Which Amendment to the Constitution changed the election of Senators from state legislatures to the citizens of that state?
17th Amendment
What industry was impacted by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?
The meatpacking Industry
What did Teddy Roosevelt call the writers that exposed the problems caused by industrialism?
Muckrakers
Who created the Hull House?
Jane Addams
Who created the NAACP with a group of white supporters?
W.E.B. DuBois