Muckrakers

 The Progressive Era was a time in American history in which social activism and political reform was taking over the country during the years of 1890s to 1920s. Muckrakers were very important during this time because they were journalist who worked to expose waste, corruption or abuse in politics,industry and society
Some of the most important muckrakers were:

Samuel Hopkins Adams:  He wrote The American Fraud in 1905. Adams focused on exposing the frauds in the patent medicines.

The Great American Fraud book

                                           

Jacob Riis: The Other Half Lives. Riis managed to expose the slums present in the urban cities.

                   

How the Other Half Lives

                     

 Uptain Sinclair: Wrote the book named The Jungle. He exposed the U.S. meat-packing industry.

                                               

                                                        The Jungle book

Ida M. Tarbell was known for exposing the corruptions in the Standard Oil Company. She also wrote the book The History of Standard Oil Company.

The History of Standard Oil Company 

                                               

John Spargo was an American reformer and author, he wrote The Bitter Cry of Chidren (child children). He was responsible for the exposure of child labor.

The Bitter Cry of the Children