Question

A common goal of Lincoln Steffens, Frank Norris , and Ida Tarbell was to

Answer 1

A common goal of Lincoln Steffens, Frank Norris , and Ida Tarbell was to denounce publicly the political corruption, the labor exploitation and a series of abuses, immoralities and dirty rags of people and institutions of the early-20th century in the United States. They were called "Muckrakers".

Step-by-step explanation:

They carried out a journalism of opposition to power, an activist movement that was a strictly professional attempt to overcome the saturation of information, characterized by standardization and the accumulation of data and make a kind of journalism aimed at provoking a response.

Answer 2

Lincoln Steffens, Frank Norris, and Ida Tarbell are the muckrakers. They used investigative reporting to uncover and dramatize societal ills. They are so determined to publish and expose the problem of society just like scandal, allegation, and corruptions among political and business leaders.