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