Question

In the twentieth century, muckraking journalism developed mostly in response to A) wartime censorship. B) political corruption. C) nationalization of the press. D) decline of popular press magazine

Answer 1

political corruption

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

B) political corruption.

Muckrakers were reformist American journalists who denounced corrupt institutions and leaders and played a highly visible role during the Progressive Era period (1890s-1920s).

Muckraking magazines took on corporate monopolies and political machines while trying to raise public awareness and anger at urban poverty, unsafe working conditions, prostitution, cattle processing, and meat packing; patent medicines, and child labor.

As a result of their efforts, child labor laws were rewritten, food and medicine were protected for consumers and rules for fair business practices were established.