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Which aspect of Upton Sinclair’s life best explains his reasons for writing The Jungle?

his lack of sympathy for the working class

his pro-capitalism views

his lack of education

his socialist politics

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Which of the following best describes Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Frank Norris's impact on journalism?

They were among the first to publicize immoral, corrupt practices of large industries.

They pointed out how racial discrimination still plagued America, even after the Civil War.

They spurred the Supreme Court to break up the Standard Oil Trust.

They discouraged readers from taking action against corruption.

How did Ida Tarbell help end the Standard Oil monopoly?

She wrote a book on Standard Oil’s impact on different industries.

She led a campaign that was against Standard Oil but in favor of Rockefeller.

She wrote a series of articles exposing the corruption of Standard Oil.

She reported on one instance of suspicious actions by Standard Oil.

Which aspect of Upton Sinclair’s life best explains his reasons for writing The Jungle?

his lack of sympathy for the working class

his pro-capitalism views

his lack of education

his socialist politics

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis exposed

the different ways people lived in all parts of New York City.

the way that corruption in New York City affected living conditions.

the unsafe conditions in factories in New York City.

the harsh living conditions in New York City slums.

What did Ida B. Wells work to end through her muckraking articles?

the Standard Oil monopoly

corrupt railroad business practices

problems in the meatpacking industry

lynching of and discrimination against African Americans

Which of these was a corrupt business practice that Frank Norris exposed in The Octopus?

railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the land

railroad companies receiving land grants from the government and attempting to sell the land

railroad companies charging farmers and ranchers to transport goods and livestock to their land

railroad companies purchasing land from the government and improving the land

A muckraker was a reporter who wrote

about corruption and crime in industry and government.

fictional stories for newspapers and magazines.

about the importance of the First Amendment.

editorials supporting industry leaders and big business practices.

Which of the following best describes the federal government's response to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

Congress immediately passed legislation that regulated the meat-packing industry.

Congress passed legislation that regulated the meat-packing industry only after sending a team of government investigators to plants and slaughterhouses.

Congress did not believe Sinclair and told the public that the facts in his book were false.

Congress passed legislation that protected the leaders and business owners of the meat-packing industry.

Which of the following was an unintended result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

Laws were passed to ensure workplace safety.

Laws were passed to ensure food and drug safety.

Laws were passed to restrict the subjects muckrakers could explore.

Laws were passed to permit harmful food and drugs.

Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives shocked the American public with its use of

strong prose describing cases of lynching.

vivid descriptions of slaughterhouse conditions.

sensational and untruthful claims of corruption.

powerful photographs depicting conditions in city slums.

President Roosevelt’s call to action upon reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is best described as

outrage toward the meat-packing industry, and imposing higher taxes on cattle farmers

disgust and anger toward meat-packing industry workers known as muckrakers

surprise at the public’s demand for healthy livestock, and continued disbelief of Sinclair’s claims

movement to ensure sanitary conditions in meat-packing plants by signing new legislation

Look at the graphic.Which phrase best fits in the last box?

The public began to take action by setting up committees and supporting reform candidates.

The public turned against the muckrakers and tried to shut down their newspapers.

The public was outraged and demanded that the government regulate journalistic practices.

The public largely ignored the muckrakers' articles.

Which of the following was an unintended result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

Laws were passed to ensure workplace safety.

Laws were passed to ensure food and drug safety.

Laws were passed to restrict the subjects muckrakers could explore.

Laws were passed to permit harmful food and drugs.

In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis exposed

the different ways people lived in all parts of New York City.

the way that corruption in New York City affected living conditions.

the unsafe conditions in factories in New York City.

the harsh living conditions in New York City slums.

Ida B. Wells’s book The Red Record

exposed the corruption of the Standard Oil monopoly.

exposed the corrupt practices of the railroad industry.

exposed the horrors of lynching in America.

exposed the terrible work conditions of the meat-packing industry.

Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

John Bunyan

Ida Tarbell

Upton Sinclair

President Theodore Roosevelt