Muckrakers'

What was the main goal of muckrakers?

• expose the wrongdoings of industrialization

• Clean up the streets

• Win Nobel Peace Prizes

I know what a muckraker is now.

• True

• False

Which of the following are effects of Industrialization?

• Urbanization

• Monopolies

• Bad working conditions

• Cheaper products

Which group of people from the Gilded Age influenced the Progressive Era?

• Populists

• Immigrants

Can you guess who the Muckrakers were?

• Were they Singers?

• Or maybe Street Cleaners?

• Could they be Writers?

Let's play a game! Can you guess what 'Reform' stands for?

• Is it a positive change?

• Or maybe it's a popular game?

• Could it be a landform?

Imagine you're a time traveler, and you've landed in the era of the Progressive movement. One of their major goals was to...

• Boost the economy to new heights.

• Have the government take over factory production.

• Encourage a wave of immigration from southern and eastern Europe.

• Fix the economic and social wrongs of the industrial society.

Can you guess the muckraking journalist who captured this iconic image?

• Lewis Hine

• Woodrow Wilson

• Jacob Riis

• Theodore Roosevelt

Who do you think was the main demographic in the Populist Party? Here's a hint: Think about who would have the most to gain from their policies!

• City-dwelling factory workers

• Big-time monopolists

• Country folks like farmers, ranchers, and miners

• The suburban middle class

Ready for a foodie fact? Can you guess the muckraker who exposed the stomach-churning conditions of slaughterhouses, leading to a major shake-up in the food industry regulations, all through their work The Jungle?

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffens

• Ida Tarbell