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Aim: Who were the muckrakers?

Aim: Who were the muckrakers?. Ida Tarbell. Wrote A History of Standard Oil (1904) exposing the unethical business practices of J.D. Rockefeller. Upton Sinclair. Wrote The Jungle (1906) exposing the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry. Lincoln Steffens.

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Aim: Who were the muckrakers?

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  1. Aim: Who were the muckrakers?

  2. Ida Tarbell • Wrote A History of Standard Oil (1904) exposing the unethical business practices of J.D. Rockefeller

  3. Upton Sinclair • Wrote The Jungle (1906) exposing the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry

  4. Lincoln Steffens • Wrote The Shame of the Cities (1904) exposing the widespread corruption in city government (focusing on Boss Tweed)

  5. Jacob Riis • Writer/photographer • Wrote How The Other Half Lives (1890) exposing the hard life of the urban poor

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