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What was a major cause of the high death toll during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
Locked exit doors and lack of adequate safety fire exits
Who was the corrupt political "boss" who controlled New York City's Tammany Hall political machine?
Which powerful banker used his financial influence to combine and finance large corporations?
J.P. Morgan
Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited denying any citizen the right to vote based on gender?
19th amendment
Upton Sinclair’s famous 1906 novel, The Jungle, exposed terrible conditions in which industry?
The Chicago meatpacking industry
What was the primary goal of the Progressive Era (1890s–1920s)?
To make life safer, fairer, and cleaner for ordinary citizens
What does the word suffrage mean?
The right to vote
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie used vertical integration to dominate which major American industry?
Steel
Why did many poor and working-class families allow their young children to work in factories, mines, and mills?
Families depended on the extra income to survive
What was the main function of journalists known as "muckrakers"?
To investigate and expose corruption, abuse, and social problems
What is a "political machine"?
A government organization that regulated business monopolies
Muckrakers were frequently referred to as "watchdogs" of American society because they:
Alerted the public to wrongdoing and pressed for social reform
What major disaster occurred on March 25, 1911, resulting in the deaths of 146 young garment workers in New York City?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Which two federal laws were passed in 1906 as a direct result of muckraker exposures regarding unsanitary food and drug conditions?
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
What was the main purpose of Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal?
To give Americans a fair chance through government reforms
What was the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)?
An organization that fought to reduce alcohol use
Which strategy involves a company controlling every stage of production from raw materials to the finished product?
Vertical Integration
What were the "Three C’s" of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal platform?
Conservation, Consumer Protection, and Control of Corporations
What is the difference between vertical and horizontal integration?
Vertical integration controls stages of production, while horizontal integration controls similar companies
John D. Rockefeller gained control over the majority of the oil industry by utilizing which strategy?
Horizontal Integration