Module 5.4 - 5.5

Question 1

Question: What did Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” expose?

Answer 1

Answer: The meatpacking industry.

Question 2

Question: What was the purpose of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?

Answer 2

Answer: To ensure the proper labeling of ingredients and improve food safety standards, initiated by Dr. Harvey Washington.

Question 3

Question: How did manufacturers misrepresent their products during this period?

Answer 3

Answer: Manufacturers lied about their products, making claims such as being able to cure cancer.

Question 4

Question: What harmful ingredients were commonly found in children’s medicines?

Answer 4

Answer: Opium, cocaine, and alcohol

Question 5

Question: What did Roosevelt establish concerning the environment?

Answer 5

Answer: He established wildlife refuges, emphasizing conservationism.

Question 6

Question: Who is John Muir, and how does he relate to Conservationism vs. Preservationism?

Answer 6

Answer: John Muir was an advocate for the preservation of nature, emphasizing the difference between conservationism and preservationism.

Question 7

Question: Who did Roosevelt appoint to protect federal lands and promote conservation?

Answer 7

Answer: Gifford Pinchot.

Question 8

Question: Who did Roosevelt invite to the White House to discuss civil rights, causing an uproar among Southern Democrats?

Answer 8

Answer: Booker T. Washington.

Question 9

Question: What significant event did W.E.B. Dubois lead in 1905 and what organization did he help found in 1909?

Answer 9

Answer: He led the Niagara Falls Convention in 1905 and helped found the NAACP in 1909.

Question 10

Question: What did Ida M. Tarbell’s work expose?

Answer 10

Answer: She exposed John Rockefeller’s monopoly of oil in “The History of the Standard Oil.”

Question 11

Question: What did Lincoln Steffens’ “Shame of the Cities” investigate?

Answer 11

Answer: Political Machines.

Question 12

Question: Beyond the meatpacking industry, what else did Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” highlight?

Answer 12

Answer: The conditions and challenges faced by immigrants.

Question 13

Question: Who became president after Roosevelt?

Answer 13

Answer: Villiam Havard (S/I+Duck) Taft.

Question 14

Question: List the roles Teddy Roosevelt held prior to becoming President.

Answer 14

Answer:

Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Rough Rider
Governor of New York
Vice President under McKinley

Question 15

Question: In what year did Teddy Roosevelt become the President of the United States, and for how long did he serve?

Answer 15

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt became President in 1901 and served until 1909.

Question 16

Question: Which party nominated Teddy Roosevelt as the Bull Moose Candidate?

Answer 16

Answer: The Progressive Party in 1912.

Question 17

Question: Why was Teddy Roosevelt “promoted” from Governor to Vice President by the Republican Stalwarts?

Answer 17

Answer: They found him too idealistic and hard to control or buy.

Question 18

Question: What event in 1901 led to Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency?

Answer 18

Answer: The assassination of President McKinley.

Question 19

Question: At what age did Teddy Roosevelt become the youngest president ever?

Answer 19

Answer: 42 years old.

Question 20

Question: What was Teddy Roosevelt’s stance on the powers of the president?

Answer 20

Answer: Roosevelt believed the president should do everything he can to help people short of violating the constitution.

Question 21

Question: Which physical feats are associated with Teddy Roosevelt?

Answer 21

Answer: Boxing, in which he was partially blinded, and he galloped 100 miles on horseback.

Question 22

Question: What does the term “Bully Pulpit” signify in relation to Teddy Roosevelt?

Answer 22

Answer: It refers to the persuasive power of the presidency.

Question 23

Question: What was the aim of Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

Answer 23

Answer: Reform programs for the common people.

Question 24

Question: Against which company did Roosevelt file a lawsuit in relation to trusts?

Answer 24

Answer: Northern Securities Co.

Question 25

Question: What was Teddy Roosevelt’s stance on trusts?

Answer 25

Answer: He didn’t hate all trusts but opposed some that raised prices, such as those in beef, oil, and tobacco industries

Question 26

Question: Which Act did Roosevelt use against monopolies/trusts?

Answer 26

Answer: The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.

Question 27

Question: How did Roosevelt assist workers in 1902?

Answer 27

Answer: He intervened in the Coal Strike of 1902.

Question 28

Question: What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act?

Answer 28

Answer: To regulate state-to-state traffic.

Question 29

Question: What did the Elkins Act of 1903 prohibit?

Answer 29

Answer: It made it illegal for railroads to receive rebates.

Question 30

Question: What was the main provision of the Hepburn Act of 1906?

Answer 30

Answer: It made offering free passes on railroads illegal.

Question 31

Question: In the early 1800s in the US, were women allowed to vote?

Answer 31

Answer: No, women could not vote.

Question 32

Question: Could women in the early 1800s in the US hold public office or serve on juries?

Answer 32

Answer: No, women could not hold public office or serve on juries.

Question 33

Question: In the early 1800s in the US, did women commonly receive higher education?

Answer 33

Answer: Few women received any level of higher education.

Question 34

Question: Were women in the early 1800s in the US allowed to work in most trades or professions?

Answer 34

Answer: No, women could not work in most trades or professions.

Question 35

Question: Did women earn the same as men for similar jobs in the early 1800s?

Answer 35

Answer: No, when they did work, women were paid less than men doing the same jobs.

Question 36

Question: Upon marriage in the early 1800s, did women retain legal control of their money or property?

Answer 36

Answer: No, married women lost legal control of any money or property they owned before marriage.

Question 37

Question: Could married women in the early 1800s testify against their husbands, sue for divorce, or gain custody of their children?

Answer 37

Answer: No, married women could not testify against their husbands, sue for divorce, or gain custody of their children.

Question 38

Question: Who was Susette La Flesche and what did she accomplish?

Answer 38

Answer: Susette La Flesche helped win passage of the Dawes Act of 1887, aiding Native Americans to claim reservations and citizenship rights.

Question 39

Question: What was the primary occupation of most married and single women without an education in the late 1800s?

Answer 39

Answer: Most married women worked on farms or in factories, while single women without an education often worked as maids.

Question 40

Question: Why was the pay typically low for women during this period?

Answer 40

Answer: Women were not considered the primary breadwinners.

Question 41

Question: What alternative became available to wealthier women other than marriage?

Answer 41

Answer: Education, with institutions like Vassar College, Smith, and Wellesley emerging.

Question 42

Question: By the 1870s, where did most women work?

Answer 42

Answer: Most women worked as some type of domestic servant or on the farms.

Question 43

Question: When was the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) founded?

Answer 43

Answer: In 1896.

Question 44

Question: Why were many women upset regarding the 14th and 15th Amendments?

Answer 44

Answer: They were not included in these amendments.

Question 45

Question: Who founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and when?

Answer 45

Answer: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1869.

Question 46

Question: What were the three strategies taken by suffragist leaders to gain the right to vote?

Answer 46

Answer:

grant voting rights Wyoming

Pursue court cases referencing the 14th amendment

Push for a Constitutional Amendment (succeeded in 1920).