1/4/22 Quiz Flashcards
What required railroads to charge reasonable and just rates?
Interstate Commerce Act
This was used to supervise railroads and later on the trucking industry
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
What does ICC stand for?
Interstate Commerce Commission
Who were journalists who covered the poor conditions in the tenements and the corrupt politics?
Muckrakers
Who exposed the oil industry and the meat packing industry?
Ida Tarbell
What company did Ida Tarbell write for?
McClures
What book did Ida Tarbell write?
History of Standard Oil
Who exposed corruption in NYC and Chicago?
Lincoln Steffens
What company did Lincoln Steffens write for?
McClures
What book did Lincoln Steffens write?
Shame of the Cities
Who exposed the meatpacking industry and wrote the book “The Jungle”?
Upton Sinclair
As a result of Sinclair’s book, what 2 laws did Congress pass?
The Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
Who was the photojournalist who exposed tenement life?
Jacob Riis
Who are forward thinking people who wanted to improve American life?
progressives
Who was an example of a progressive?
Gov. Robert La Follete
Where was Gov. Robert La Follete from?
Wisconsin
What was Robert La Follete’s nickname?
Battling Bob
What was it called when voters chose their parties candidate for a general election?
Primary
How many parts were in the series “The History of Standard Oil”?
19
Where was Ida Tarbell born and raised?
Pennsylvania
What state was the center of the oil industry at the time?
Pennsylvania
Who did Ida Tarbell originally write about that later on did well for her writing career?
Abraham LIncoln
What did Ida Tarbell oppose?
The struggle for women’s suffrage
