THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the “Father of the American Cartoon”.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nast’s drawings reflected his staunch support of the Union, and his liberal, progressive Republican views. Thomas Nast satirized the major political issues of his era: slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and political corruption.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1877 and 1884, Nast’s work appeared only sporadically in Harper’s, which began publishing the milder political cartoons of William Allen Rogers. Although his sphere of influence was diminishing, from this period date dozens of his pro-Chinese immigration drawings, often implicating the Irish as instigators.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most successful and renowned nineteenth-century American political cartoonist was German immigrant Thomas Nast.