History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0751 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Muckrakers
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The idea
Journalists who exposed corruption, poverty and business abuses were labelled muckrakers by Theodore Roosevelt, and their work fed public demands for reform.
In practice
Magazines such as McClure's detailing political corruption and economic wrongdoing.
Where people slip
The anchor notes they wrote largely for a White, middle-class, native-born audience. Unit four's Jacob Riis was among the first.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
- Nothing. This is a starting point.
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