THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair
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WEB DuBois and Booker T Washington
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Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine
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Alice Paul and Carrie Catt
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Detailed explanation-1: -Muckrakers were a group of writers, including the likes of Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, and Ida Tarbell, during the Progressive era who tried to expose the problems that existed in American society as a result of the rise of big business, urbanization, and immigration. Most of the muckrakers were journalists.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. Muckrakers were journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government. The work of muckrakers influenced the passage of key legislation that strengthened protections for workers and consumers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Upton Sinclair investigated and exposed horrid conditions at meatpacking plants in his book, The Jungle. This helped lead to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jacob A. Riis (1849–1914) was a journalist and social reformer who publicized the crises in housing, education, and poverty at the height of European immigration to New York City in the late nineteenth century.