The reason was to let people know about the conditions in the meat packing industry.
Why did Upton Sinclair write "The Jungle"?
These are three of the conditions workers had to endure during the Industrial Revolution.
What are...(varies)?
This created the USDA for the inspection of meat before and after it is processed.
What was the "Meat Inspection Act"?
Lewis Hines did this to let the American people know about labor conditions.
What was photos of child labor?
Known as "Schoolmaster in Politics".
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Rockefeller was known for doing this to help society.
Who cured hookworm disease?
These are when a business or company controls all of a product or service.
What are monopolies?
This monitored how medicine and meat was made, packaged, and distributed.
What was the "Pure Food and Drug Act"?
This time period saw small businesses struggling to compete.
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Because they could fit into small spaces (a "why" question).
Why were children used in factories?
They exposed the harsh conditions and corruption in industries and politics.
Who were the Muckrakers?
Double Jeopardy
What are three problems with Monopolies?
A bipartisan movement working to end political corruption.
What was the Progressive Movement?
Safe food for the public.
What was a goal of the Progressive Movement?
A law in 1876 said this of facilities for African Americans and Whites.
What was they had to be separate but equal?
Saved the U.S. Treasury.
Who was J.P. Morgan?
The Industrial Revolution saw these replaced by machines.
What were "people"?
This broke up trusts and monopolies so there would be free trade and more competition.
What was the "Sherman Antitrust Act"?
This was a time when the U.S. looked prosperous on the outside, but on the inside there was struggle.
What was "The Gilded Age"?
This is what you called the wealthy leaders of business who used corruption to maintain their wealth.
What are "Robber Barons"?
He termed the phrase "Gilded Age" in a book.
Who was Mark Twain?
What are Unions?
He showed his progressivism by recognizing the corruption in industry and government. He also sought to end suffering for the poor.
Who was President Woodrow Wilson?
They did this so worker's rights would be ignored.
Why did industrialists bribe politicians?
These were known for Oil, Steel, Banking, and Mass Production (in order).
Who were Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, and Ford?