Muckraker - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Muckraker correct answers Many journalists and novelists emerged during the Progressive Era. Most of them became obsessed with scandal and corruption in gov't and business. -Reformers talking about it -Liked to focus on the "ugly" side of the issues -Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair -They exposed living and working conditions of the lower class to the rest of the world. Most people were shocked at how bad they really were. Even though it seemed like horrible gossip, their accounts led...

Muckraker correct answers Many journalists and novelists emerged during the Progressive Era. Most of them became obsessed with scandal and corruption in gov't and business. -Reformers talking about it -Liked to focus on the "ugly" side of the issues -Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair -They exposed living and working conditions of the lower class to the rest of the world. Most people were shocked at how bad they really were. Even though it seemed like horrible gossip, their accounts led...

Cornelius Vanderbilt - ans --Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. Andrew Carnegie - ans --owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. Henry Bessemer - ans --Invented the process to make high-quality steel quickly and cheaply. The process was used by Andrew Carnegie to build a monopoly in the steel industry in A...

Cornelius Vanderbilt - Wealthy Railroad baron, a true symbol of the "Gilded Age," known as the Commodore. A college in Tennessee bears his name. Andrew Carnegie - owned U.S. Steel and used Vertical integration to monopolize the steel industry. Gave millions to build libraries and schools. Henry Bessemer - Invented the process to make high-quality steel quickly and cheaply. The process was used by Andrew Carnegie to build a monopoly in the steel industry in America. Steel was used to buil...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 21Progressives - correct answers Most of this were urban middle-class men and women. They included: doctors, lawyers, ministers, storekeepers, office workers, and middle managers. They hoped to create an idealistic American society cured of its social, political, and economic ills. (p. 432) Lincoln Steffans - correct answers He wrote "The Shame of the Cities" (1904) which described in detail the corruption that characterized big-city politics. (p. 434) Ida Tar...

US History Review Practice Test. Monopoly - CORRECT ANSWER the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - CORRECT ANSWER (1911) 146 women killed while locked into the burning building (brought attention to poor working conditions) Chinese Exclusion Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1882 law that barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States Gentlemen's Agreement - CORRECT ANSWER In 1907 Theodore Roosevelt arran...

Muckraker - ANSWJournalists who exposed the "muck" of society What 3 things increased in the South during reconstruction - ANSWTaxes, public work programs population of towns and city Who supported the democratic party at the beginning of reconstruction - ANSWwealthy landowners Suffrage - ANSWThe right to vote Recall - ANSWEnabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions NACW - ANSWNational Association for Colored Women NAWSA - ANSWNational American Women's Suffrage A...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 21Progressives - correct answers Most of this were urban middle-class men and women. They included: doctors, lawyers, ministers, storekeepers, office workers, and middle managers. They hoped to create an idealistic American society cured of its social, political, and economic ills. (p. 432) Lincoln Steffans - correct answers He wrote "The Shame of the Cities" (1904) which described in detail the corruption that characterized big-city politics. (p. 434) Ida Tar...

The "real heart" of the progressive movement was the effort by reformers to use the government as an agency of human welfare The political roots of the progressive movement lay in the greenback labor party and the populists Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism. A. Thorstein Veblen B. Jack London C. Jacob Riis D. Henry Demarest Lloyd 1. "bloated trusts" 2. slum conditions 3. "conspicuous consumption" 4. destruction o...

FBLA Journalism, Test Questions with Answers Latest update 2024/2025 Graded A+. Blog - answerShort for Web log. A Web-based publication in which articles, issued periodically, appear in reverse chronological order Bureau - answerA news-gathering office maintained by a newspaper somewhere other tan its central location. Papers may have bureaus in the next county; in the state capital; in Washington, D.C.; or in foreign countries Byline - answerA line identifying the author of a story Citize...