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they served by informing people about abuses so that they could protest

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What nickname was use to describe investigate reporters?

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Progressive journalists who reported on society problems were called?

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How did the muckrakers attitudes about government affect their reform efforts?

Muckrakers disliked the political corruption and social injustice of the industrial age. Interest in muckrakers led to reform.


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What term describes authors such as Upton Sinclair and Ida Tarbell who exposed corruption in business and government?

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