Progressivism Flashcards

Magazine and Muckrakers (13 cards)

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What was the importance of Collier’s and McClure’s magazines? What were their magazines like in general?

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  • Two competing magazine companies
  • Long articles with research and accuracy
  • Targeted middle class
  • Published many muckrakers’ works
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2
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What are muckrakers?

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  • Reformist journalists who exposed corruption
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3
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Why did Roosevelt stop supporting muckrakers?

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  • Muckrakers were being too negative
  • Fear of the loss of faith in the political system
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4
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Who was Charles Francis Adams Jr? What was his work?

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  • Exposed corruption among railroad barons
  • Pushed for state regulation
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Who was Ida Tarbell? What was her work?

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  • “The History of the Standard Oil Company”
  • In McClure’s magazines
  • Exposed how Standard Oil forced railroads to give rebates to undersell competition
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6
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What is a rebate?

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Giving partial funds back

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Who was Lincoln Steffens? What was his work?

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  • “The Shame of the Cities”
  • Exposed political machines
  • Exposed politicians involved in corruption or bribery
  • Exposed “boodlers” and “boss rule”
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Who was Jacob Riis? What was his work?

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  • “How the Other Half Lives”
  • Photojournalistic work
  • Exposed NYC “Dumbell tenements”
  • Led to Tenement Act of 1901
  • People learned what poverty truly was
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Who was Upton Sinclair? What was his work?

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  • “The Jungle”
  • Exposed meatpacking industry in Chicago
  • Public was horrified
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What was the Tenement Act of 1901?

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  • Improving sanitation and ventilation
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What acts were passed by Roosevelt because of “The Jungle”?

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  • Meat Inspection
  • Pure Food and Drug
  • FDA
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12
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What was the meat inspection act?

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  • Mandated leaner conditions for meat packing plants
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13
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What was the pure food and drug act?

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  • Prohibited interstate trade of misbranded food
  • Aimed to stop “quack medicines” that had no scientifically backed up advertised claims
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