History Of Journalism Exam 2
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Exam 2 chapters 6-10
- 1.The term “muckraking,” used to describe the journalistic practices of the Progressive Era, was coined by
- A.
Journalist themselves to praise the work of one another
- B.
President Teddy Roosevelt to compliment the work of these journalist
- C.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to insult reporters at the time
- D.
President Theodore Roosevelt to sarcastically refer to these journalist
- 2.In terms of its literary origin, however, the "Muckraker" label originated in 1678 as
- A.
A nickname given to Edgar Allen Poe early in his career because of his morbid writings
- B.
A character in John Bunyan's "Pilgram's Progress" novel
- C.
An Indian character in James Fennimore Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans"
- D.
A character from Edward Albee's play about industrial workers
- 3.The economic and social condition that preceded and then continued during the muckraking period was
- A.
The lack of new immigrants coming into the country
- B.
The end of political corruption in government that died with the fall of Boss Tweed
- C.
The rise of greedy industrialists who exploited common laborers
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 4.Your textbook author identifies which publication as the "greatest of the muckraking journals"?
- A.
The New Yorker
- B.
Collier's Magazine
- C.
McClure's Magazine
- D.
New York World
- 5.Which of the following was widely recognized as the first muckraker, or reporter, to practice this tough brand of investigative journalism?
- A.
Rake McColms
- B.
Joseph W. Folk
- C.
Mark Newberry
- D.
Lincoln Steffens
- 6.The same reporter mentioned above later published a book that was a compilation of his investigative work. It was titled:
- A.
The Shame of the Cities
- B.
American Dream, American Corruption
- C.
The Metropolitan Monopolies
- D.
The Saints and the Sinners
- 7.Which reporter was labeled the "Terror of the Trusts"?
- A.
Molly Brown
- B.
Beverly McClure
- C.
Ida Tarbell
- D.
Sarah Judge Hewitt
- 8.The monumental series written by the aforementioned "Terror of the Trusts" was titled:
- A.
History of the United States Steel Corporation
- B.
History of the Standard Oil Company
- C.
Gangs of New York
- D.
History of American Industry
- 9.The final results of her investigative work led to
- A.
Congressional passage of the Hepburn Act
- B.
Supreme Court rulings on industry violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
- C.
Both A & B
- D.
None of the above
- 10.Ray Stannard Baker, another highly recognized reporter of this era, directed most of his investigative focus on
- A.
The power of labor unions in the nation
- B.
The wrongdoing among government workers
- C.
The excess of the banking industry and its system of cronyism
- D.
The corruption of U.S. political parites
- 11.Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was
- A.
Not a popular book at the time it was first released
- B.
The title of the series of articles he originally wrote for Collier's magazine
- C.
The title of the newspaper he published in New York, hence a reference to the urban jungle
- D.
A novel about fictitious characters, although it contained accurate and factual descriptions
- 12.Upton Sinclair was disappointed with the public reaction to The Jungle because
- A.
He was cheated by the publisher out of his fair share of the sales of the work
- B.
He had intended it to spark public criticism of the capitalist system
- C.
It failed to bring him the public recognition he had craved
- D.
It did not surpass the sales of his first work, "The Brass Check"
- 13.The reporter known as the "poet of the muckrakers" and who wrote about the abuses of child labor was
- A.
Rheta Childe Dorr
- B.
Jack London
- C.
Upton Sinclair
- D.
Edwin Markham
- 14.The reporter who focused on the plight of workingwomen in the U.S. labor force was
- A.
Rheta Childe Door
- B.
Jack London
- C.
Nelly Bly
- D.
Edwin Markham
- 15.Other publications that followed the lead of these early exposes focused on patent medicines and on food. What did the public reaction to these articles lead to?
- A.
Pressure on Congress to create the Department of Pharmaceutical Services
- B.
An inadvertent and unintended shortage of medicines and food
- C.
Pressure on Congress to eventually pass the Pure Food and Drug Act
- D.
Apathetic responses from Congress because politicians were behind these industries
- 16.During the muckraking era, William Randolph Hearst hired David Graham Phillips to write about which US institution?
- A.
The Senate
- B.
The Presidency
- C.
The New York Stock Market
- D.
The House of Representatives
- 17.Where did the Klan first originate?
- A.
Pulaski, Mississippi
- B.
Pulaski, Tennessee
- C.
Indianapolis, Indiana
- D.
Stone Mountain, Virginia
- 18.During the Klan's formative years, young men joined the new organization because
- A.
It offered them protection from recently freed Black slaves
- B.
It offered them protection from vengeful “Yankees”
- C.
It offered them a sense of common brotherhood
- D.
It offered them a way to vent their bigoted feelings
- 19.One of the early organizers of the Ku Klux Klan was ironically a Methodist Minister. His name was
- A.
Billy Bob Joe John Jimmy Jenkins
- B.
David Duke
- C.
David Curtis Stephenson
- D.
William J. Simmons
- 20.The movie Birth of a Nation became controversial over its positive portrayal of the KKK. The movie was the creation of which of the following innovators of cinema?
- A.
Mark Sennett
- B.
D.W. Griffith
- C.
Eadweard Muybridge
- D.
George Melies
- 21.In the wake of the release of Birth of a Nation, which US President added to KKK credibility?
- A.
William H. Taft
- B.
Teddy Roosevelt
- C.
William McKinley
- D.
Woodrow Wilson
- 22.The downfall of one top Klan leader, David Curtis Stephenson, is attributed to
- A.
His failure to pay federal income taxes
- B.
His bribery of officials in his home state
- C.
His conviction over the rape and murder of a young woman
- D.
The jealousy of younger, more militant Klansmen who wanted to replace him
- 23.The state of Indiana in the 1920s became know as
- A.
Klan Central
- B.
The Klan State
- C.
Liberty City
- D.
White Man's Country
- 24.The primary reason that Jews became a target of the KKK was because
- A.
Klan members believed Jews were from a separate race who had killed Jesus
- B.
Klan members believed Jews were ruled by a foreign power
- C.
Klan members believed Jews were anti-American
- D.
Klan members were afraid of the growing number of Jews in the U.S
- 25.The extent of Klan power in the United States by 1925 was visibly demonstrated by
- A.
A large gathering that filled the streets around Times Square in New York City
- B.
A massive parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
- C.
A huge Klan rally on the steps of the Alabama Capitol
- D.
The nomination of a Klan member for President of the United States
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