1/3/23 Flashcards
Ida Tarbell was born in raised in
Pennsylvania
_____’s bussiness _________ left Tarbell’s father’s business in ruins
Rockefeller rebate scheme
Ida Tarbell worked for this Magazine
McClure’s Magazine
She wrote articles about this president
Abraham Lincoln
She later wrote a __ part series titled called ___
“The History of Standard Oil”
she was known as a
muckraker
opposed the struggle for ______
Woman’s suffrage
required RRs to charge reasonable and just rates
Interstate Commerce Act
journalist who covered the poor conditions i the tenements and corrupt politics were called
muckrakers
ICC
Interstate Commerse Commission
Ida Tarbell exposed these two industries
meat packing and oil
__ Also wrote for Mclurres exposed corruption in ___ and ___
Lincoln Steffens NYC and Chicago
Lincoln Steffens wrote
Shame of the Cities
meat packing industry
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote
“The Jungle”