1/3/23 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Ida Tarbell was born in raised in
Pennsylvania
_____’s bussiness _________ left Tarbell’s father’s business in ruins
Rockefeller rebate scheme
Ida Tarbell worked for this Magazine
McClure’s Magazine
She wrote articles about this president
Abraham Lincoln
She later wrote a __ part series titled called ___
“The History of Standard Oil”
she was known as a
muckraker
opposed the struggle for ______
Woman’s suffrage
required RRs to charge reasonable and just rates
Interstate Commerce Act
journalist who covered the poor conditions i the tenements and corrupt politics were called
muckrakers
ICC
Interstate Commerse Commission
Ida Tarbell exposed these two industries
meat packing and oil
__ Also wrote for Mclurres exposed corruption in ___ and ___
Lincoln Steffens NYC and Chicago
Lincoln Steffens wrote
Shame of the Cities
meat packing industry
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote
“The Jungle”
In 1906 Congress passed these two
Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Act
photo journalist who exposed tenament life
Jacob Riis
wanted people to get more involved in the governemnt
Robert La Follette
Robert La Follette was from
Wisconsin
Robert La Follette was nicknamed
Battling Bob
Robert La Follette set up
primary
let voters choose their party’s candidate for general elections
primary
