MuckrakersID

=**The Muckrakers**=

A muckraker was somone who investigated and reproted truthful reports, having to do with a lot of social issues. Crime and Corruption were big in what they reported on, usually involving big governmental officials and leaders. The term muckrakers also referred to many important writers through the years of the progressive era in the United States. Some of the issues they were famous for reproting on were things like: The monopoly of oil, The cattle processing and meat packaging, Child labor and wages they were paid, working conditions of businesses and agriculture. Many of these stories led to outcry in the people, federal investigations, and in some cases legislation.

Us people today probably don't use the word these days, but the term originally came from a speech by Theodore Roosevelt on April 14, 1906. He was speaking about a book called Pilgrims Progress. And some of the writers of the time that used Muckraking are as follows:
 * Lincoln Steffens
 * Ida M Tarbell
 * Upton Sinclair
 * Ray Stannard Baker
 * Julius Chambers