Corruption in America U.S. History Urbanization and The Progressive Era Corruption in America Questions What was the Pendleton Civil Service Act? Who were the groups of workers represented by the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor? How did the film The Birth of a Nation portray the Ku Klux Klan? Why was President Johnson was nearly impeached? What big concerns did critics of business have regarding trusts? What was the name given to journalists who focused on the poverty and corruption in the cities? What did the People's Party believe would result from the government taking control of America's railroads and banks? How many coal miners went on strike in Pennsylvania in 1902? What is the main reason that the American public turned against monopolies? How was Theodore Roosevelt able to protect consumers from big business? What steps did President Theodore Roosevelt take to regulate big business? What was the mission of the Ku Klux Klan? During the Gilded Age what were the businessmen who dominated industries and amassed huge personal fortunes called? What law did President Andrew Johnson violate that caused him to be impeached in 1868? What did the White League want? What did Carnegie urge other rich businessmen to do? Why do you think the businessmen are drawn so large in cartoons? In which business did Andrew Carnegie create a monopoly? What happened to the 1916 Keating-Owen Act? Why was the writing of Upton Sinclair significant to American consumers? What was the initial goal of the KKK? Urbanization and The Progressive Era View all chapters The Industrial Revolution and Urbanization Worker Exploitation in America Progressive Social Reformers Corruption in America Women and the Suffrage Movement Prev Next