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Standards 2.7 & 2.8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the main effect of the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? | The federal government established new regulations for the food production industry |
| what was the main goal of the women's rights movement during the Progressive Era? | securing the right to vote |
| what effect did the muckrakers have on the public during the late 1800s? | they inspired Americans to call for reforms |
| what action by Ida Tarbell eventually brought about the government-imposed break-up of the Standard Oil Company in the early twentieth century? | she wrote investigative reports |
| despite iots successes, the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century was least successful on the issue of: | civil rights for racial minoritiesone |
| one of the major goals of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was to: | ensure that products were labelled accurately |
| what problem did reformers of the progressive Era believe would be erased by the 18th Amendment? | poverty |
| President Theodore Roosevelt pushed legislation through Congress concerning the meat-packing industry in response to the public outcry over which novel? | The jungle by Upton Sinclair |
| President Theodore Roosevelt believed it was important to set aside public land because | he wanted it left unchanged for the enjoyment of future generations |
| which act was rushed to Congress and passed shorty after the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle in 1906? | Meat Inspection Act |
| who was the founder of the Knights of Labor | Terrence powderly |
| what laws were introduced with an aim to reduce the use of child labor | compulsory education laws |
| the Progressive movement's goal of taxation reform resulted in | the Sixteenth amendment |
| hunger strikes in the early 1900s helped the cause of the suffrage movement by | bringing international attention to the fight for equal rights |