Muckrakers/ Reformers
Social Issues
Wilson/Taft
Roosevelt
Economy/Big Business
100
Which reformer was famous for his photos of impoverished people and neighborhoods in New York?
What is Jacob Riis
100
Name the two people who first organized the first woman’s rights convention (hint: It took place in Seneca Falls, New York)
What is Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
100
Which of Roosevelt's policies did Taft continue?
What is trustbusting and conservation
100
What previously failed act was rejuvenated during Roosevelt’s “trust busting” campaign?
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
100
What was the collective term for wealthy and powerful American businessmen such as Andrew Carnegie and J.D Rockefeller?
What is Robber Barons
200
What book discussed problems with the meatpacking industry and who wrote it?
What is What is The Jungle and Upton Sinclair
200
Who was the Hull House started by?
What is Jane Addams
200
What political philosophy stated that a strong federal government was needed to protect human welfare and property rights?
What is New Nationalism
200
What compromise did Roosevelt pass in an attempt to both protect business and help middle class workers from unfair business practices?
What is the Square Deal
200
What is the term used to describe workers who were hired to replace those on strikes?
What are Scabs
300
Who is credited for the creation of the term "muckrakers"
What is Theodore Roosevelt
300
What previously failed act was rejuvenated during Roosevelt’s “trust busting” campaign?
What is the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
300
What book discussed problems with the meatpacking industry and who wrote it?
What is The Manns Elkins Act
300
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were passed in response to what criticism of the processing industry?
What is Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
300
What major trust instigated the passing of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What is the Standard Oil Company
400
What style of reporting contained exaggerated facts and sensationalized stories?
What is yellow journalism
400
Which group succeeded in lobbying for the addition of the 18th amendment in the Constitution?
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Movement
400
What tariff did Wilson pass which lowered the tariff to the lowest in US history?
What is The Underwood Tariff
400
Which railroad regulation act fixed railroad rates to make them more reasonable?
What is the Hepburn Act
400
Which court case found that The Sherman Antitrust Act related only to commerce and not to manufacturing?
What is US vs. EC Knight Co.
500
Which muckraker was known for exposing political corruption in American cities?
Lincoln Steffens
500
Union strikes were prevalent during the Progressive Era. What was the first group to coordinate a sit-in strike in 1906 when miners at the General Electric plant felt their working conditions, payment, and working hours were unfair?
What is the Industrial Workers of the World
500
Which tariff did Taft pass that was considered un-progressive?
What is The Payne - Aldrich Tariff
500
The Federal Reserve Act of _____ set aside ____ acres of land for federal parks.
What is 1891, 150 million
500
Which writer was famous for the “rags to riches” narrative?
What is Horatio Alger
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