The Muckrakers Answers
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Look at the graphic.Which phrase best fits in the last box?
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The public began to take action by setting up committees and supporting reform candidates.B
The public turned against the muckrakers and tried to shut down their newspapers.C
The public was outraged and demanded that the government regulate journalistic practices.D
The public largely ignored the muckrakers' articles.2
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What did Ida B. Wells work to end through her muckraking articles?
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the Standard Oil monopolyB
corrupt railroad business practicesC
problems in the meatpacking industryD
lynching of and discrimination against African Americans3
Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?
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John BunyanB
Ida TarbellC
Upton SinclairD
President Theodore Roosevelt4
Ida B. Wells’s book The Red Record
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exposed the corruption of the Standard Oil monopoly.B
exposed the corrupt practices of the railroad industry.C
exposed the horrors of lynching in America.D
exposed the terrible work conditions of the meat-packing industry.5
Which of the following was an unintended result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?
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Laws were passed to ensure workplace safety.B
Laws were passed to ensure food and drug safety.C
Laws were passed to restrict the subjects muckrakers could explore.D
Laws were passed to permit harmful food and drugs.6
A muckraker was a reporter who wrote
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about corruption and crime in industry and government.B
fictional stories for newspapers and magazines.C
about the importance of the First Amendment.D
editorials supporting industry leaders and big business practices.7
President Roosevelt’s call to action upon reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is best described as
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outrage toward the meat-packing industry, and imposing higher taxes on cattle farmersB
disgust and anger toward meat-packing industry workers known as muckrakersC
surprise at the public’s demand for healthy livestock, and continued disbelief of Sinclair’s claimsD
movement to ensure sanitary conditions in meat-packing plants by signing new legislation8
Which of these was a corrupt business practice that Frank Norris exposed in The Octopus?
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railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the landB
railroad companies receiving land grants from the government and attempting to sell the landC
railroad companies charging farmers and ranchers to transport goods and livestock to their landD
railroad companies purchasing land from the government and improving the land9
How did Ida Tarbell help end the Standard Oil monopoly?
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She wrote a book on Standard Oil’s impact on different industries.B
She led a campaign that was against Standard Oil but in favor of Rockefeller.C
She wrote a series of articles exposing the corruption of Standard Oil.D
She reported on one instance of suspicious actions by Standard Oil.10
Which of the following best describes Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Frank Norris's impact on journalism?
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They were among the first to publicize immoral, corrupt practices of large industries.B
They pointed out how racial discrimination still plagued America, even after the Civil War.C
They spurred the Supreme Court to break up the Standard Oil Trust.D
They discouraged readers from taking action against corruption.Did you find these answers helpful?
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