Question
What was the main goal of the Interstate Commerce Commission?(1 point)
Responses
To regulate the stock market
To regulate the stock market
To monitor and regulate the railroad industry
To monitor and regulate the railroad industry
To manage foreign trade agreements
To manage foreign trade agreements
To oversee national parks
Responses
To regulate the stock market
To regulate the stock market
To monitor and regulate the railroad industry
To monitor and regulate the railroad industry
To manage foreign trade agreements
To manage foreign trade agreements
To oversee national parks
Answers
GPT 3.5
To monitor and regulate the railroad industry.
Optional
What was a common tactic used by political bosses to gain votes and loyalty?(1 point)
Responses
Providing favors or services in exchange for support
Providing favors or services in exchange for support
Providing free education for all
Providing free education for all
Promising higher wages for workers
Promising higher wages for workers
Offering citizenship to immigrants
Responses
Providing favors or services in exchange for support
Providing favors or services in exchange for support
Providing free education for all
Providing free education for all
Promising higher wages for workers
Promising higher wages for workers
Offering citizenship to immigrants
GPT 3.5
Providing favors or services in exchange for support.
Optional
Why were muckrakers often seen as controversial figures?(1 point)
Responses
Because they supported corrupt practices
Because they supported corrupt practices
Because they were all government officials
Because they were all government officials
Because their work threatened powerful interests
Because their work threatened powerful interests
Because they avoided public attention
Responses
Because they supported corrupt practices
Because they supported corrupt practices
Because they were all government officials
Because they were all government officials
Because their work threatened powerful interests
Because their work threatened powerful interests
Because they avoided public attention
GPT 3.5
Because their work threatened powerful interests.
Optional
How did religion influence Progressives during the late 1800s?(1 point)
Responses
Religious groups opposed Progressive reforms
Religious groups opposed Progressive reforms
It had no impact on their movements
It had no impact on their movements
The Social Gospel movement emphasized Christians' responsibility to enhance society
The Social Gospel movement emphasized Christians' responsibility to enhance society
It inspired the idea of staying away from societal issues
Responses
Religious groups opposed Progressive reforms
Religious groups opposed Progressive reforms
It had no impact on their movements
It had no impact on their movements
The Social Gospel movement emphasized Christians' responsibility to enhance society
The Social Gospel movement emphasized Christians' responsibility to enhance society
It inspired the idea of staying away from societal issues
GPT 3.5
The Social Gospel movement emphasized Christians' responsibility to enhance society.
Optional
There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage; there would come all the way back from Europe old sausage that had been rejected, and that was moldy and white—it would be dosed with borax and glycerin, and … made over again for home consumption.
—Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
What was one of the unintended outcomes of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?
(1 point)
Responses
Emphasis on working conditions in other industries
Emphasis on working conditions in other industries
Reduced public interest in food safety
Reduced public interest in food safety
Federal regulation of the food and drug industry
Federal regulation of the food and drug industry
Increased sales in the meatpacking industry
Increased sales in the meatpacking industry
—Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906
What was one of the unintended outcomes of Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle?
(1 point)
Responses
Emphasis on working conditions in other industries
Emphasis on working conditions in other industries
Reduced public interest in food safety
Reduced public interest in food safety
Federal regulation of the food and drug industry
Federal regulation of the food and drug industry
Increased sales in the meatpacking industry
Increased sales in the meatpacking industry
GPT 3.5
Federal regulation of the food and drug industry.