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Which statement best describes the role of muckrakers?
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They encouraged the growth of railroads.
They encouraged the growth of railroads.
They reported favorably about the lives of the rich.
They reported favorably about the lives of the rich.
They increased the power of trusts.
They increased the power of trusts.
They exposed corrupt business and political practices.
They exposed corrupt business and political practices.
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They exposed corrupt business and political practices.
(Muckrakers were investigative journalists in the Progressive Era—e.g., Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens—who revealed corporate and political corruption and social abuses.)
(Muckrakers were investigative journalists in the Progressive Era—e.g., Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens—who revealed corporate and political corruption and social abuses.)
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