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What were journalists called that investigated and wrote about the

issues in society during the progressive era?

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A muckraker

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was any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing. The muckrakers provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption and social hardships caused by the power of big business in a rapidly industrializing United States

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