THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Muckrakers wrote about the success government was having in regulating big business
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Muckrakers wrote extensively about corporate abuses, race relations, and problems in government
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Muckrakers wrote of the need for an updated and fully modern military
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Muckrakers wrote about the various successes of foreign diplomacy and the growing positive
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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: -Overview. Muckrakers were investigative journalists during the Progressive Era (1890s–1920s) who shone a light on corrupt business and government leaders as well as major social problems like racism. Ida B. Wells wrote graphically about the horrors of lynching in the South.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -How did muckrakers contribute to the rise of Progressivism in the early part of the 20th century? Their exposes of government and business corruption, abuse, and mismanagement led to widely supported public demands for effective reform.