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1
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Ida Tarbell was born in raised in

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Pennsylvania

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2
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_____’s bussiness _________ left Tarbell’s father’s business in ruins

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Rockefeller rebate scheme

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3
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Ida Tarbell worked for this Magazine

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McClure’s Magazine

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4
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She wrote articles about this president

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Abraham Lincoln

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5
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She later wrote a __ part series titled called ___

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“The History of Standard Oil”

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6
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she was known as a

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muckraker

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7
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opposed the struggle for ______

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Woman’s suffrage

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8
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required RRs to charge reasonable and just rates

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Interstate Commerce Act

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9
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journalist who covered the poor conditions i the tenements and corrupt politics were called

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muckrakers

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10
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ICC

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Interstate Commerse Commission

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11
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Ida Tarbell exposed these two industries

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meat packing and oil

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12
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__ Also wrote for Mclurres exposed corruption in ___ and ___

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Lincoln Steffens NYC and Chicago

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13
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Lincoln Steffens wrote

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Shame of the Cities

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14
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meat packing industry

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Upton Sinclair

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15
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Upton Sinclair wrote

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“The Jungle”

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16
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In 1906 Congress passed these two

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Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Act

17
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photo journalist who exposed tenament life

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Jacob Riis

18
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wanted people to get more involved in the governemnt

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Robert La Follette

19
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Robert La Follette was from

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Wisconsin

20
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Robert La Follette was nicknamed

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Battling Bob

21
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Robert La Follette set up

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primary

22
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let voters choose their party’s candidate for general elections

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primary