Progessive Movement Quiz #2
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- Q1The primary contribution of the muckrakers in the late 1800's and early 1900's was topromote the ideals of rugged individualism and laissez-fairelobby the Federal Government to open more free land to western settlementencourage public support for the building of the Panama Canalexpose corruption and negligence on the part of big business and government30s
- Q2The writers Jacob Riis and Ida Tarbell were referred to as "muckrakers" because theywrote articles supporting the imperialistic ambitions of the United Statesled national movements to protect women's rightsaroused citizens to seek social changessupported the growth of large corporations30s
- Q3In the early 20th century, muckrakers were able to influence American society mainly through theiractivities as government officialscontrol over factoriesfrequent acts of civil disobediencepublication of articles and books30s
- Q4Cartoons by Thomas Nast were to urban political machines as The History of Standard Oil by Ida Tarbell was torailroad monopoliespublic utilitiesthe oil industrylumber and logging companies30s
- Q5Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Frank Norris all shared a belief thatthe government should follow a laissez-faire policymonopolies were necessary for businesses to survivereform was needed to control the abuses of businessthe public was unlikely to respond to calls for reform30s
- Q6Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle, shocked its readers because it exposed the public to thehigh level of corruption in governmentunsanitary conditions found in the meatpacking industrythe problem of African American lynchings in the Souththe ruthless tactics of the Standard Oil Trust30s