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Muckrakers - Progressive journalists who exposed corruption in politics and business.

Muckrakers - Progressive journalists who exposed corruption in politics and business. They were known as muckrakers because they “raked up” and exposed the muck or filth of society. TARBELL AND STANDARD OIL. Ida Tarbell

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Muckrakers - Progressive journalists who exposed corruption in politics and business.

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  1. Muckrakers-Progressive journalists who exposed corruption in politics and business. They were known as muckrakers because they “raked up” and exposed the muck or filth of society.

  2. TARBELL AND STANDARD OIL • Ida Tarbell • She wrote a article on the hostile business practices of J.D. Rockefeller • “The History of Standard Oil” • Led to the break up of the company

  3. STEFFENS AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION • Lincoln Steffens • “The Shame of the Cities” – an exposé of Machine Politics and “boss rule” • Led to government reforms in politics

  4. The Nations Meat • Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) • Exposed the meat packing industry in Chicago. • His book helped to facilitate the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.

  5. Women & Children in the Workforce

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