Progressive Era

1. in 1911, this factory caught fire and 146 people died, mostly immigrant women and girls
4. exposed the dangerous working conditions and unsanitary practices in the meat packing industry in his book The Jungle
5. exposed the poverty, living conditions and disease in urban poor communities in his book How the Other Half Lives
8. this department was created to promote the welfare of working people and improve their working conditions
9. required foods to be pure and accurately labeled
11. one of the environmental problems
12. this could include nearly anything because it was not regulated by the government
13. exposed Standard Oil's ruthless business tactics and fought for regulations against monopolies
14. controlled city politics
16. this practice gave power to people who were not always competent for the job
18. required exams for civil service employees; employees had to be qualified

2. problems in the cities promoted disease
3. investigative journalists who exposed industrial and governmental corruption
6. growth of cities; caused by rural to urban migration and immigration
7. exposed corruption in city and state governments in his book The Shame of the Cities
9. mostly middle-class, well-educated,and believed social problems could be fixed
10. buildings where urban poor lived
15. government passed this act outlawing monopolies
17. US President who began a series of Progressive reforms and became known as a "trustbuster"