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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.
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What did Ida B. Wells work to end through her muckraking articles?

A
the Standard Oil monopoly
B
corrupt railroad business practices
C
problems in the meatpacking industry
D
lynching of and discrimination against African Americans
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Who first applied the term muckraker to journalism?

A
John Bunyan
B
Ida Tarbell
C
Upton Sinclair
D
President Theodore Roosevelt
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Ida B. Wells’s book The Red Record

A
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.
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Which of the following was an unintended result of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?

A
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.
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A muckraker was a reporter who wrote

A
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.
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President Roosevelt’s call to action upon reading Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is best described as

A
outrage toward the meat-packing industry, and imposing higher taxes on cattle farmers
B
disgust and anger toward meat-packing industry workers known as muckrakers
C
surprise at the public’s demand for healthy livestock, and continued disbelief of Sinclair’s claims
D
movement to ensure sanitary conditions in meat-packing plants by signing new legislation
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Which of these was a corrupt business practice that Frank Norris exposed in The Octopus?

A
railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the land
B
railroad companies receiving land grants from the government and attempting to sell the land
C
railroad companies charging farmers and ranchers to transport goods and livestock to their land
D
railroad companies purchasing land from the government and improving the land
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How did Ida Tarbell help end the Standard Oil monopoly?

A
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.
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Which of the following best describes Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Frank Norris's impact on journalism?

A
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.
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Which of the following best describes the federal government's response to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?

A
Congress immediately passed legislation that regulated the meat-packing industry.
B
Congress passed legislation that regulated the meat-packing industry only after sending a team of government investigators to plants and slaughterhouses.
C
Congress did not believe Sinclair and told the public that the facts in his book were false.
D
Congress passed legislation that protected the leaders and business owners of the meat-packing industry.
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In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis exposed

A
the different ways people lived in all parts of New York City.
B
the way that corruption in New York City affected living conditions.
C
the unsafe conditions in factories in New York City.
D
the harsh living conditions in New York City slums.
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Which aspect of Upton Sinclair’s life best explains his reasons for writing The Jungle?

A
his lack of sympathy for the working class
B
his pro-capitalism views
C
his lack of education
D
his socialist politics
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Which of these writers helped bring about the breakup of the Standard Oil monopoly?

A
Lincoln Steffens
B
Jacob Riis
C
Frank Norris
D
Ida Tarbell
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Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives shocked the American public with its use of

A
strong prose describing cases of lynching.
B
vivid descriptions of slaughterhouse conditions.
C
sensational and untruthful claims of corruption.
D
powerful photographs depicting conditions in city slums.
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Which of these is an example of muckraking disguised as a work of fiction?

A
A Century of Dishonor and Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
B
The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell
C
The Octopus by Frank Norris
D
The Red Record by Ida B. Wells

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