THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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A person that cleans muck from sewers or drains.
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Someone that tried to expose the problems of the industrial revolution.
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A journalist that wrote about dirty sewers.
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Someone that wrote about the problems caused by the progressive era.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The muckrakers played a highly visible role during the Progressive Era. Muckraking magazines-notably McClure’s of the publisher S. S. McClure-took on corporate monopolies and political machines, while trying to raise public awareness and anger at urban poverty, unsafe working conditions, prostitution, and child labor.
Detailed explanation-3: -After writing a few unsuccessful novels, Upton Sinclair became famous in 1906 after The Jungle exposed the conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry.
Detailed explanation-4: -A muckraker may work for an online news outlet, a magazine, a newspaper, or a journal. This individual works to shed light on issues that others may try to hide. One example muckraker is Upton Sinclair, who shed light on the meat packing industry through his famous novel.