Muckraker Basics
This term describes journalists who exposed corruption and social problems.
What are Muckrakers?
This author wrote The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This book exposed the meatpacking industry
What is The Jungle?
Muckrakers used this method to inform the public.
What is investigative journalism?
This act improved food safety after The Jungle.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Muckrakers were most active during this reform period.
What is the progressive era?
This journalist exposed Standard Oil’s monopoly.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
This book revealed corruption in city governments.
What is The Shame of the Cities?
They published their findings in these forms.
What are books and articles?
This act regulated meatpacking industries.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
Muckrakers focused on exposing corruption in this system of city leadership.
What is political machines / city governments?
This muckraker wrote The Shame of the Cities.
Who is Lincol Steffens?
This work exposed the power of railroad monopolies.
What is The Octopus?
Muckrakers used powerful storytelling to create this reaction.
What is public outrage?
Muckrakers helped increase this among the public.
What is awareness?
These conditions in factories were commonly exposed by muckrakers.
What are unsafe working conditions?
This writer exposed railroad monopolies in The Octopus.
Who is Frank Norris?
This investigation focused on Standard Oil’s unfair practices.
What is The History of the Standard Oil Company?
They often worked with these groups to push reform.
What are reformers / activists?
Their work helped lead to stronger control over this.
What are big businesses / monopolies?
Muckrakers believed this group needed to take more responsibility to fix problems.
What is the government?
This muckraker focused mainly on political corruption in cities.
Who is Lincoln Steffens?
This industry was most affected by Ida Tarbell’s work.
What is the oil industry?
Their main goal was to influence this type of change.
What is government reform / new laws?
Muckrakers helped establish this type of journalism still used today.
What is investigative journalism?