MC 4095 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ida Tarbell, Standard Oil, Jacob Riis
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The progressive movement tried to correct the problems of the. Muckrakers refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting stated in the late 1800s. Often would work to expose social ills and corporate and political corruption. Upton sinclair, ida tarbell, thomas nast, nellie bly, edward r. Murrow, rachel carson, jacob riis, walter cronkite, katherine. Graham, helen thomas, dith pran, ernie pyle, seymour hersh, Mcclure"s magazine was most famous for printing investigative reports. American novelists, photographers, journalists exposed living and working conditions. President theodore roosevelt read the jungle and was terrified. New federal meat inspection act passed in 1906; makes it a crime to adulterate or misbranded meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. Pure food and drug act passed 1906. Disturbing pictures of american reality in late 19th and early.
