Industrialization/Progressive Era

In the late 1800s, business leaders often attempted to maximize profits and decrease costs by

In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act were passed in an attempt to

In the late 1800s, Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics were ideas supported by

One major goal of the Progressive movement was to

The formation of national labor unions in the late 1800s was mainly a response to

Few limits were put on immigration to the USA in the late 1800s mainly because immigrants

Upton Sinclair, Ida M. Tarbell, and Jacob Riis were considered muckrakers because they

In the second half of the 1800s, which development caused the other three?

During the late 1800s, an open immigration policy was most strongly supported by

Which development was a result of the Progressive movement?

During the late 19th century, businesses tried to maximize profits by

In the late 1900s, a major goal of the union American Federation of Labor (AFL) was to

The Progressive movement supported the idea that the federal government should

In the late 1800s, an abundance of resources and construction of railroads led directly to

The term muckraker was used during the Progressive Era to describe

In the late 1800s, 'robber baron' was used to describe owners of big businesses because they

President Theodore Roosevelt was called a trustbuster because he

In the late 1800s, rapid industrial development resulted in

During the late 1800s, major improvements to a nationwide system of trade were made with the

In the late 1800s, which idea was used to justify the elimination of business competition?

A cause of anger toward “new immigrants” who came to the USA after 1880 was the idea that they

Congress made the Interstate Commerce Act (1887) and Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) in response

One reason Jacob Riis published many photographs was to