Muckraker

diligently delegate portions of it to three modern reforms that I feel are in need of it. The time that we’re living in is a great one, I’ve recently heard people calling it a progressive era, and that is a very fitting name. There are many people, muckrakers, politicians, activists who seek to better different aspects of our society. Perhaps this age may not last for very long, but I hope it does make a noticeable impact in the living situations of Americans. The reforms I am choosing from are…

These journalists, or Muckrakers as they were more commonly known as, worked to expose abuses of corporate power, and helped to gather public support for regulation and reform during the Progressive Era. These Muckrakers, such as Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair, worked tirelessly to provide knowledge to the general public through journalism. Sinclair with his book “The Jungle”…

as a time in which the wrongs of the Industrial Revolution were righted. Journalists, politicians, suffragists, and more rallied to clean the filthy and corrupt machine the US had become. Nellie Bly was a member of the Progressive journalists, a muckraker, and made a great impact in reforms. Because of her defiant nature, experiences, and her achievements, Nellie Bly deserves a place as a key figure of American history. Motivation…

“Progressives” worked to solve problems caused by rapid industrial and urban growth. Progressives helped to fix problems including poverty, education issues, child labor, etc. Muckrakers, which were journalists who “raked up the muck” of society, wrote about child labor, poor housing, and corruption in business. Muckrakers…

that the children go through, their physical development and mental health are disrupted by their childhood being taken away. The lack of protection for their safety would result in many deaths of children from dangerous conditions like machinery. Muckrakers, also known as journalists, exposed the weaknesses of society, brought attention to the conditions of the working class, and played a part in improving their working environment. Jane Addams was one of these investigative journalists; she…

“Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation.” Jane Addams was known as a muckraker and the “mother” of American social worker. She was a settlement house reformer, pacifist (finds war and violence unjustifiable), women’s rights activist, and a peace activist. Addams was born into a well-off family which enabled her to be grateful for what she had. This is why she felt so strongly about what she supported, so…

should be no rest in the endless war against the forces of evil that I ask the war be conducted with sanity as well as with resolution” (14). In this sentence, Roosevelt switches fight with war and the two items that are fighting each other, the muckrakers and him. Using the word “war” and “evil” makes the audience feel like it is a serious issue and must be taken care of at once. Also, when using the word “war”, the audience can picture chaos, hence Roosevelt states on the second part of the…

The Progressive era was a time of economic growth caused by rapid industrialization, urbanization, and immigration. This resulted in many social and political problems that individuals in American society wanted to make known. These individuals rose mainly from the middle class and were called Progressives. The term “Progressive” arose around 1910. It described a political movement that sought to cure America’s social and political problems and change the relationship between government and…

Riis How the Other Half Lives is constructed of 25 chapters that mainly talk about the problems in faced mainly in New York tenements. The chapters are each focused on a varying topic or of different types of people. Riis focus as a muckraker is to expose the living conditions of those living in the tenements concentrated mainly in lower New York. Most of these tenements are home to a diversity of people that are usually segregated by national origin, ethnicity, or race. Some of the chapters…

In the late 19th century the the muckrakers of the government did a lot of changes in the U.S. Such as the child labor laws. The relationship between big businesses and political machines. And unhealthy and unsanitary working conditions. Let me tell you a little something about theses things. In the late 19th century the government made child labor laws. The reasons was because the children was getting hurt and the parents was getting mad that their children was getting hurt so the…