Progressive Era Vocab

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Investigative reporter who sought to make public the ills of society during the Gilded Age.

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Muckraker

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Writers that helped spread Progressive's ideas. Wrote about muck that was going on.

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muckrakers

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Progressive Era

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A social and political movement that aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct social/economic/political injustices in American life.

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Jacob Riis

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Photographer who exposed the horrible living conditions in the tenement buildings around American cities.  

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The Jungle

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a novel by American muckraker author Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century. 

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Muckrakers

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Journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government.

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Ida B. Wells

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A muckraker who reported on the violent and vicious attacks on Black Americans in the early 20th century. 

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Upton Sinclair

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Author of the Jungle  

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Tenements

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A run-down apartment buildings

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Who took the image to the side? Options: Ida B. Wells, Upton Sinclair, Jacob Riis

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Jacob Riis