Progressives were reformers who worked to improve social and political problems, begining in the late 1800s; Muckrakers were mostly progressives who exposed political corruption in big business through journalism in order to bring about reform.
Mass-circulation magazines were very important in spreading the word of progressivism. The authors who contributed to those magazines were often called muckrakers. Writers like Lincoln Steffens and...
Muckrakers brought wider attention to a vast amount of issues through the publication of articles and books. They earned the name "muckrakers" because they were criticized as being obsessed with the...
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