Extract the Facts, Jack!
SSUSH13
SSUSH13 – The student will identify major efforts to reform
American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight
of the meatpacking industry.
b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of
women in reform movements.
c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence
of the NAACP.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.
e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative,
the recall, and referendum direct election of senators; reform of labor
laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.
SSUSH 13a
What resulted from the outrage caused by the publication of Upton
Sinclair’s book The Jungle?
SSUSH 13a
What resulted from the outrage caused by the publication of Upton
Sinclair’s book The Jungle?
A. The book was banned form libraries.
B. There was a backlash against labor union organizers.
C. There were further restrictions placed on civil liberties.
D. The federal government began regulation
of the meat-packing industry.
Because of the
outrage caused by
Upton Sinclair’s book
The Jungle, the
federal government
began regulation of
the meat-packing
industry.
SSUSH13 – The student will identify major efforts to reform
American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the
meatpacking industry.
b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the
role of women in reform movements.
c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence
of the NAACP.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.
e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative,
the recall, and referendum direct election of senators; reform of labor
laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.
SSUSH 13b
Jane Addams established Hull House in 1889. This and other settlement
houses like it provided child care and medical services
SSUSH 13b
Jane Addams established Hull House in 1889. This and other settlement
houses like it provided child care and medical services
A. for families living on homesteaded land
B. for children living in poor urban areas
C. for the wives of wealthy robber barons
D. for women waiting for government services
Jane Addams established
Hull House in 1889. This
and other settlement houses
like it provided child care and
medical services for children
living in poor urban areas.
SSUSH13 – The student will identify major efforts to reform
American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the
meatpacking industry.
b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of
women in reform movements.
c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the
emergence of the NAACP.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.
e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative,
the recall, and referendum direct election of senators; reform of labor
laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.
SSUSH 13c
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court established that
“separate but equal” laws did not violate the United States Constitution.
This decision allowed states to enact
SSUSH 13c
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the U.S. Supreme Court established that
“separate but equal” laws did not violate the United States Constitution.
This decision allowed states to enact
A. zoning laws
B. Jim Crow laws
C. immigration quotas
D. the Chinese Exclusion Act
In Plessy v. Ferguson, the
U.S. Supreme Court
established that “separate
but equal” laws did not
violate the U.S. Constitution.
This decision allowed states
to enact Jim Crow laws.
SSUSH13 – The student will identify major efforts to reform
American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the
meatpacking industry.
b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of
women in reform movements.
c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence
of the NAACP.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.
e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative,
the recall, and referendum direct election of senators; reform of labor
laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities.
SSUSH 13d
Muckrakers, like Ida Tarbell, hoped to
SSUSH 13d
Muckrakers, like Ida Tarbell, hoped to
A. oversee the Tennessee Valley Authority
B. stop ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment
C. expose abuses in business and corruption in politics
D. improve methods of mass production
Muckrakers, like Ida Tarbell,
who wrote about Rockefeller
and Standard Oil, hoped to
expose abuses in business
and corruption in politics.
SSUSH13 – The student will identify major efforts to reform
American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
a. Explain Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle and federal oversight of the
meatpacking industry.
b. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of
women in reform movements.
c. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence
of the NAACP.
d. Explain Ida Tarbell’s role as a muckraker.
e. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the
initiative, the recall, and referendum direct election of
senators; reform of labor laws; and efforts to improve
living conditions for the poor in cities.
**SSUSH 13e
Which of the following progressive reforms allows voters to accept or reject
legislative proposals?
**SSUSH 13e
Which of the following progressive reforms allows voters to accept or reject
legislative proposals?
A. recall
B. initiative
C. referendum
D. Seventeenth Amendment
Voters can accept or reject
legislative proposals through
the use of a referendum, which
was a Progressive Era reform.
**SSUSH 13e
The direct election of Senators by a state’s population was a main agenda of
**SSUSH 13e
The direct election of Senators by a state’s population was a main agenda of
A. business owners, who found it difficult to influence Senators
elected by state legislatures
B. progressives, who wanted to reform a Senate that didn’t answer
directly to citizens
C. governors, who by and large sought to wrest power away from the
state legislatures
D. conservatives, who wanted to
separate the interaction of
federal and state governments
The direct election of
Senators was a main
agenda of progressives
who wanted to reform a
Senate that didn’t answer
directly to citizens.