THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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David Graham Phillips
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Ida Tarbell
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Upton Sinclair
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Philips also had some of the greatest success as a muckraker, because he helped change the U.S. Constitution, with the passage of the 17th Amendment, creating popular election for senators. His talent for writing was not the only thing that helped him stand out in the newsroom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unjustly neglected today, Phillips achieved considerable fame as a muckraker, his most notable piece being “The Treason of the Senate", a series of articles exposing political corruption in the U.S. Senate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “Treason” series placed the Senate at the center of a major drive by Progressive Era reformers to weaken the influence of large corporations and other major financial interests on government policy making.
Detailed explanation-4: -David Phillips was born in 1951 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Basketball Diaries (1995), To a Random (1986) and Curse (2011).