Select TWO examples of muckrakers from the Progressive Movement. (2 points)

Question

Responses

Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair

Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells

Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington

W.E.B. DuBois
W.E.B. DuBois

Theodore Roosevelt

Answer 1

The two examples of muckrakers from the Progressive Movement are:

1. Upton Sinclair
2. Ida B. Wells

Upton Sinclair is known for his novel "The Jungle," which exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, while Ida B. Wells was a journalist and activist who wrote about lynching and racial injustice in America.