Question

question 19 refers to the following map: railroad strikes - 1877. strike activity. 20. the muckraking journalists were associated with the progressive era for their primarily because (a) willingness to expose the corruption of us society (b) articles supporting the economic benefits of laissez - faire economics (c) use of the media to advocate the passage of the equal rights amendment (d) support for the formation of us military alliances with european countries. 21. one difference between populists and progressives involves the fact that populists were mainly farmers. progressives, on the other hand, came mostly from the (a) ranks of political radicals, such as anarchists and socialists (b) politically conservative class, which wanted to maintain the status quo (c) middle class of teachers, reporters, social workers, and businessmen (d) irish and italian immigrants, who wanted political and economic equality. 22. upton sinclairs novel the jungle, published in 1906, led president theodore roosevelt and congress to approve (a) changes in the meatpacking industry with the passage of the pure food and drug act (b) federal laws designed to regulate the railroad companies (c) laws prohibiting the manufacture, distribution, or sale of alcoholic beverages (d) the creation of new national parks to save wilderness areas for future generations. 23. in the political cartoon to the left, president theodore roosevelt depicted opposing which group? (a) labor unions (b) political reformers (c) civil servants (d) corporate monopolies. 24. the clayton anti - trust act of 1914 and the sherman anti - trust both tried to (a) restrict labor unions (b) regulate foreign trade (c) restrict the power of big businesses (d) regulate the employment of children. 25. in the 1880s, popular concern about railroad abuses fixing, kickbacks, and unfair freight rates led to the (a) pendleton civil service act (b) march of the unemployed (c) interstate (d) haymarket

Explanation:

1. Populists were mainly farmers. Progressives came from various groups like teachers, reporters, social - workers etc. who wanted political and economic equality.
2. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat - packing industry, leading to the Pure Food and Drug Act.
3. The political cartoon shows Roosevelt opposing corporate monopolies.
4. The Clayton Anti - Trust Act and the Sherman Anti - Trust Act aimed to regulate the power of big businesses.
5. Concerns about railroad abuses in the 1880s led to the Interstate Commerce Act.

Answer:

1. C. middle class of teachers, reporters, social workers, and businessmen who wanted political and economic equality
2. A. changes in the meatpacking industry with the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act
3. D. corporate monopolies
4. C. restrict the power of big businesses
5. C. Interstate Commerce Act