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Now that you’ve learned about muckraking, how do you think it changed people’s ideas about big business?

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Answered by Jaizz
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Explanation:

it generally expose the reality that is behind the truth

Answered by smartbrainz
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Muckrakers were novelists and journalists of the Progressive Era (period (the 1890s-1920s) of extensive political reform and social activism across the US who pursued to uncover corruption in big business and govt. Muckrakers had very large audiences in prevalent magazines. They played an extremely noticeable role in the Progressive Era. Muckraker’s magazines took on political machines and corporate monopolies, while endeavoring to raise public mindfulness and resentment at urban poverty, prostitution, child labor, and hazardous working conditions.

EXPLANATION:

  • The Progressive Era in the US was a period of intense social and political reform. Progressive reformers tried to expand the federal government's regulatory power to expose abolish unfair practices, enhance democracy, and corruption.
  • Progressive reformers expressed a faith in government power to solve social problems and a belief in improving the human nature. Muckrakers also tried to sensitize people about poverty and other social ills linked to industrialization. The work of muckrakers inspired the enactment of crucial legislation that reinforced protections for consumers and workers.

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