The Muckrakers
Which of these writers helped bring about the breakup of the Standard Oil monopoly?
Ida Tarbell
How did Ida Tarbell help end the Standard Oil monopoly?
She wrote a series of articles exposing the corruption of Standard Oil.
Which of these is an example of muckraking disguised as a work of fiction?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
A muckraker was a reporter who wrote
about corruption and crime in industry and government.
Which aspect of Upton Sinclair's life best explains his reasons for writing The Jungle?
his socialist politics
Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives shocked the American public with its use of
powerful photographs depicting conditions in city slums.
Which of these was a corrupt business practice that Frank Norris exposed in The Octopus?
railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the land
In How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis exposed
the harsh living conditions in New York City slums