This muckraker exposed the Standard Oil Company and John D. Rockefeller's business practices.
Who is Ida Tarbell
100
This group was made up of reformers that used government to make change
Who are the Progressives
100
Republican president who supported the Progressive agenda
Who is Teddy Roosevelt
100
Many came as contract laborers to build the western segment of the transcontinental railroad.
Who are the Chinese
100
This was used to fill many government jobs. Persons were given positions after they passed an examination which showed they were qualified for the job.
What is the civil service system
200
This living condition in New York City was photographed by Jacob Riis. People living in these conditions were prone to disease.
What is tenement housing
200
Promoting morality, encouraging democracy and fairness, and encouraging efficiency
What are the goals of the Progressives
200
In 1902, Teddy Roosevelt intervened in this strike and helped labor get management to agree to binding arbitration
What is the United Mine Workers Strike
200
An Irish immigrant, this person led the Workingman's Party in San Francisco.
Who is Dennis Kearney
200
This was added to the Constitution. Voters in each state were now allowed to choose whoever they wanted as Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment
300
Investigative journalists/publishers who exposed the "evils" of big business and urbanization
Who are muckrakers
300
Created a reliable source of government revenue through the creation of an income tax
What is the 16th amendment
300
Empowered the Interstate Commerce Commission, a previously weak agency, to set maximum railroad rates and inspect railroad companies' financial records.
What is the Hepburn Act
300
This stopped the further Chinese immigration and prevented Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
300
During President Woodrow Wilson's administration, this Act was passed by Congress. It gave the government additional power to break up monopolies.
What is the Clayton Act
400
After spending several weeks conducting undercover research on his subject matter, this muckraker wrote "The Jungle" in 1906
Who is Upton Sinclair
400
Enacted nation Prohibition of the manufacture and sale of Alcoholic beverages
What is the 18th amendment
400
People who supported conservation and protection of wilderness sites, often in conflict with business interests
Who are preservationists
400
These immigrants were encouraged because Western farmers needed a source of cheap labor in the 1890s.
Who are the Japanese
400
States passed this which required employers to carry insurance for their workers in case of accident or illness.
What is workmen's compensation laws
500
This newspaper hired Upton Sinclair and sent him to Chicago in 1904 to expose on the mistreatment of workers in the meatpacking industry
What is Appeal to Reason
500
Prohibited the sale of adulterated or inaccurately labeled foods and medicines
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act
500
In 1908, Roosevelt created this to inventory the nation's resources and manage their use more efficiently.
What is the National Conservation Commission
500
This group, formed by professionals in Boston, pushed for legislation requiring a literacy test of all immigrants
What is the Immigration Restriction League
500
This was used to select candidates for an election. Voters could choose candidates they wanted to see run in the upcoming regular election.