THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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Railroad Companies and Theodore Roosevelt
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Meat Packing Industry and Theodore Roosevelt
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Railroad Companies and William H. Taft
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Standard Oil Company and John D. Rockefeller
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tarbell Exposes The Standard Oil Company Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company. Her study of Rockefeller’s practices as he built Standard Oil into one of the world’s largest business monopolies took many years to complete. McClure’s Magazine published it in 19 installments.
Detailed explanation-2: -Instantly popular with readers, “The History of the Standard Oil Company” grew to be a 19-part series, published between November 1902 and October 1904. Tarbell wrote a detailed exposé of Rockefeller’s unethical tactics, sympathetically portraying the plight of Pennsylvania’s independent oil workers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tarbell wrote a series of essential articles at The American Magazine, in which she investigated tariffs and their impact on American businesses and consumers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The History of the Standard Oil Company is a 1904 book by journalist Ida Tarbell. It is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history.