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What was the effect of the Meat Inspection Act?
a) packers were banned from using unhealthy dyes and chemical preservatives
b) a tougher inspection system was created
c) families could comfortably eat canned meats and sausages
d) all of the above

What social problems did Jane Addams want to reform?
a) factory injuries
b) sweatshops
c) child labor
d) all of the above

What President was concerned with environmental conservation?
a) Woodrow Wilson
b) Howard Taft
c) Teddy Roosevelt
d) Bill Clinton

What act (law) required government workers to take an exam?
a) Pendelton
b) Sherman Anti-trust
c) Hepburn
d) 16th amendment

What amendment created an income tax system?
a) 15
b) 16
c) 18
d) 19

What amendment gave the right to vote to women?
a) 14
b) 16
c) 18
d) 19

Who created the NAACP?
a) Jane Addams
b) Ida Tarbell
c) Jacob Riis
d) WEB Dubois

What types of entertainment emerged in the late 1800's?
a) baseball
b) vaudeville
c) circuses
d) all of these

Which was a push factor for immigrants?
a) hope for a better life
b) suffered religious and political persecution
c) the promise of freedom
d) job opportunities

What immigrant group was prevented from entering the US due to nativist ideas?
a) Italians
b) Chinese
c) Russians
d) French

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