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HOW DID THE WORK OF THE MUCKRAKERS LEAD TO THE REFORM DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA?
It lead to laws being made to help regulate cleaning and safety standards throughout the era, they also help expose corruption in the government
A muckrakers is a investigative reporter, writer, and social scientists that exposed the abuses of industrial society and government corruption
Jacob Riis
PHOTOGRAPHED CONDITIONS OF THE URBAN POOR IN “HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES”. HIS BOOK EXAMINED THE CONDITIONS IF THE POOR IN AMERICA’S CITIES TO IMPROVE THE LIVING CONDITIONS AND WORKING ISSUES OF POOR PEOPLE.
Upton Sinclair
He wrote a novel, “The Jungle”, to expose and describe the unsanitary practices of the meat packing industry. In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act passed as result of his book.
Lincoln Stevens
He exposed the city and state government in his book called “The Shame Of The Cities”. Because of his work cities began to see city managers arise
Thomas Nast
He was A German-born American cartoonist, he was a critic of the democratic representative boss tweed and the Tammany hall Democratic Party. He created the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party. Because of him tweed was convicted and out in jail
Ida Tarbell was an American writer and an investigative journalists biographer and a lecturer and was also a leading muckraker in the progressive era she profoundly influenced development of America during the gilded age
Frank Norris he was an American journalists and novelist during the progressive era his work includes mcteague a story of San Francisco he chronicled the conflict between california ranchers and railroads
