Political Corruption Dbq Analysis

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Muckrakers were known as journalist that would expose the corruption within businesses and politics. These journalist were able to expose corruption using different types of information. For instance, documents 2,5, and 6 used information to expose business corruption. Documents 1 and 4 used information to expose the corruption of city living conditions. Lastly, document 3 used information in order to expose political corruption.
The authors of documents 2, 5, and 6 were able to expose corruption in businesses to the public. For example, in document 2, Lewis Hine provides a photograph of a young girl working in a factory. The young girl appears to be sad and lonely. Additionally, she is forced to take on the responsibility of an adult, but

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