Muckraker

there has always been some sort of polluting in the voting polls. Voting is a promise of equality while at the same time, it is a great threat to the men who created our government. According to the passage written by Lincoln Steffens, he and other muckrakers pointed out that there was a serious flaw in voting for the government. This political attack on the government speaks of the city of Philadelphia, and how flawed the “political machines” were. This was not just going on in Philadelphia,…

corruption, religious persecution, and economic hardships. Although immigrants were forced to live in treacherous conditions, the Progressive Movement was a successful attempt in reforming the way immigrants lived in the United States. Many muckrakers exposed the realities of poverty-stricken immigrants to those who were unaware of the lifestyles that many were forced to live in. In fact, many injustices…

Therefore, the aftermath of this book helped give the working class a strong voice to send their message nationwide. She helps advocate for these people through her exquisite writing and heart throbbing descriptive experiences. Known as a “veteran muckraker” by the New Yorker, she helps unfold this longlasting issue in America through her confidence and bravery as a writer. Not…

Mr. Thorp Honors 11 18 April 2024 The Jungle’s Impacts The world relies on food to survive and because of this dependency, people have suffered from poor sanitation and working conditions. In the early 20th century, Upton Sinclair, a socialist muckraker, sought to expose the disgusting and unsanitary working conditions of the meat packing industry. The Jungle by Sinclair had a significant impact when published in 1906, impelling new and improved food safety regulations, and it continues to…

strial workforce began to become transparent, leading to a push for reforms to fix injustices and restore the economy. The progressives of the early twentieth century took many of the earlier reformer's ideologies, and they transformed these political ideologies into actions. The programs that emerged from the philosophies of the late nineteenth century reformers were the social reform for maltreated populations, the political opposition to big businesses, and the policies implemented for the…

hard and crushed all their expectations of what the land of freedom could offer. As a result, immigrants fell down to the bottom of the “food chain” and could not escape the ruthless cycle of capitalism in the twentieth-century America. Among the muckrakers who exposed the ill conditions of American industrialization, there stood out a journalist, Upton…

was forced to recover from the war and what to do with all the newly freed blacks. It was a failure due to the south not wanting to rejoin the union. It was also a failure due to the blacks having to sharecrop and the black codes restricting them. Muckrakers really bring up some of the negatives in American society. We see change still happening today when with the passing of gay rights. Also a large change is Obama Care. Democracy is a very slow process. Decisions cannot happen overnight.…

Many reforms were made in a pursuit to curb the power of political machines as muckrakers operated to expose the vast extent of the corruption to the public, yet many people remained dubious about the prospects a mostly democratic government would bring. Some of these reforms included direct primary (a system where voters got to elect…

During the mid to late 19th century, the term “Robber Baron” came into use. It was used to describe capitalist men who ran big businesses and allegedly acquired their vast fortunes from questionable and unethical business practices. The unethical practices regularly consisted of exploiting workers, including children, with low wages and long, hard hours in unacceptable working conditions; influencing government and elections, thus furthering the corruption of the government; buying out…

A Progressive Era Essay The progressive movement evolved from the civil war as many felt that America was going through a crisis of democracy. Many Progressive politicians felt it was their moral virtue to bridge the gap between the rich and poor by breaking up big businesses, promote democracy through direct election of senators. They believed thus actions would offer prosperity with all individuals, preferably white individuals. The progressive era proved successful with many of its…