muckrakers

ida tarbell (work)

"History of Standard Oil Company" in McClure`s Magazine

Ida B Wells (work)

A red record

Jacob Riis (work)

How the Other half lives

Ida B Wells (result)

NAACP (national association for the Advancement of Colored People) helped pass anti-lynching legislation

jacob riis (result)

NYC passed building codes to promote health and safety; Tenement Act of 1901

lincoln steffens (result)

cities began to use commissions and city managers

lincolln steffens (subject)

examined political corruption in cities across the US

ida tarbell (subject)

exposes the ruthless tactics of Rockefeller`s standard oil company through series of published articles

frank norris (subject)

fictional book that exposed railroads in california as monopolies taking advantage of people

frank norris (result)

in court case Northern Securities Vs US railroad monopolies in northwest were broken up

ida tarbell (result)

in court case Standard Oil Vs US the company was declared a monopoly and broken up

upton sinclair (subject)

investigated and exposed horrid conditions at meatpacking plant

Jacob Riis (subject)

living conditions of urban poor; focused on exposing horrific conditions in tenements

upton sinclair (result)

meat inspection act and pure food and drug act passed in 1906

thomas nast (work)

political cartoons

thomas nast (subject)

political corruption; Tweeds Tammany Hall Ring political machine

Ida B wells (subject)

provided statistics on the lynchings of African Americans

Upton Sinclair (work)

the jungle

frank norris (work)

the octopus

lincoln steffens (work)

the shame of the cities

thomas nast (result)

tweed was convicted of embezzlement and died in prison