In the early 1900s, investigative journalists known as "muckrakers" published work exposing the dark and wrote largely for all popular magazines.
"Muckrakers" were investigative journalists who exposed corruption, misconduct, and social issues in American society during the early 1900s. They aimed to bring about societal change and reform by shedding light on problems in areas like politics, business, and public health.
identify at least three examples of the power of the muckrakers of the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries
Man with the Muck-rake, or the person who rakes the soiled material from an animal stall is the idea behind muckrakers. It began around 1900 to WW1. We would call the type of reporting now as tabloid journalism.
muckrakers were people who "exposed the mud" they wrote novels, articles, etc. to expose what some industries/businesses/politicians were really doing. ex: the jungle by Upton Sinclair exposed what meatpacking plants were doing with their meat.
By exposing abuses in business and government.
Generally speaking, travel from one country to another in the early 1900's were the following: * horseback; * horse drawn carriage; * ships; * railroad; As the century progressed the early automobile was also a possible means of transportation.
WHAT IS A MUCKRAKERS??
The Muckrakers was created in 1997.
They created a sense of emotion toward ethnic groups
A primary source is an unaltered document that was written by someone during the era in question. Journals or letters from bootleggers, bartenders or patrons would be primary sources for the study of Prohibition.
early 1900
Early 1900's
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