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Short Quiz / Exit Slip: TR, Progressivism, Food, and Medicine
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that best answers the question or completes the
sentence.
1. _____________________ wrote a book called The Jungle, which exposed the unsanitary
conditions of the Meat Packaging Industry.
a. Upton Sinclair
b. Teddy Roosevelt
c. William Harrison
d. Mark Twain
2. _____________________ exposed the terrible living conditions of immigrants in his book, How
the Other Half Lives.
a. Jacob Riis
b. Henry Cabot Lodge
c. Emilio Aguinaldo
d. James Hogg
3.
Which of the following was impacted by Theodore Roosevelt’s commission that inspected the
claims of The Jungle and other sources?
a. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b. The Seventeenth Amendment
c. The Meat Inspection Act
d. The Dawes Act
4. All of the following were practices that led to the need for the Pure Food and Drug Act EXCEPT:
a. Many products had opium.
b. A number of products did not fulfill their claims.
c. Companies made too much money on their drug products.
d. Many products were making people sick.
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Do you think the government should have intervened by creating the Meat Inspection Act and the
Pure Food and Drug Act? Why do you feel this way? Explain.
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ANSWERS:
Short Quiz / Exit Slip: TR, Progressivism, Food, and Medicine
Part A: Multiple Choice: Instructions: Choose the option that best answers the question or completes the
sentence.
1. _____________________ wrote a book called The Jungle, which exposed the unsanitary
conditions of the Meat Packaging Industry.
a. Upton Sinclair
b. Teddy Roosevelt
c. William Harrison
d. Mark Twain
2. _____________________ exposed the terrible living conditions of immigrants in his book, How
the Other Half Lives.
a. Jacob Riis
b. Henry Cabot Lodge
c. Emilio Aguinaldo
d. James Hogg
3. Which of the following was impacted by Theodore Roosevelt’s commission that inspected the
claims of The Jungle and other sources?
a. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
b. The Seventeenth Amendment
c. The Meat Inspection Act
d. The Dawes Act
4. All of the following were practices that led to the need for the Pure Food and Drug Act EXCEPT:
a. Many products had opium.
b. A number of products did not fulfill their claims.
c. Companies made too much money on their drug products.
d. Many products were making people sick.
Part B: Short Answer: Instructions: Answer the question below.
1. Do you think the government should have intervened by creating the Meat Inspection Act and the
Pure Food and Drug Act? Why do you feel this way? Explain.
Answers to this may vary. For instance, some may insists this was the right move. After all, it
helped the common consumer to have confidence that the food and medicines he or she used
were actually safe. Yet, some students may disagree. They may feel that, while the practices of the
Meat Packaging Industry were unsanitary and many drugs were simply fake, still, it was not the
government’s role to monitor such matters. Rather, it was up to the consumer to determine
whether or not to buy the products.
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