EVEG 2000 Lecture : 3.4 Notes (4/7)
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Some thought that the government needed to control the people. 1st step in the process of reformation- figure out what was wrong and how to fix them. Said they were stirring up trouble, roosevelt called them muckrackers, trying to expose the aspects of the america society it was too large and manipulating the government, how it shut down smaller. Some thought that if the facts were known, that would help. Henry loyd- starting investing the oil company (rockefeller), saying. Jacob riis- went into the slums and starting taking pictures on how they people were living. Book was called how the other half lives. National magazines that had articles about difficulties in the cities. Books being written on experiences, talking about corruption in the meat industry. Above are examples of writings in which the writers uncovered the troubles people were having living in the cities (muckrackers) Progresses (middle class people), thought a strong government would get ride of these problems.
