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1. The term "muckraker" was influenced by a former president who believed the muckrakers compared to a character from Pilgrim's Progress. He believed them to only be interested in the filth of business practices. Who was this twentieth century president?
2. Which of the following publications was NOT commonly used to publish articles written by the muckrakers?
3. What socialist author and muckraker wrote the infamous book 'The Jungle', which told the story of Jurgis, and criticized the meat processing factories in the U.S.?
4. What movement is most likely to NOT have happened if the muckrakers had NOT given support to reforms?
5. What president did Ida Tarbell, a famous female muckraker, fancy by writing biographies and other books about him?
6. In what magazine did David Graham Phillips write his series of articles called 'The Treason in the Senate', attacking members of the government?
7. Which of the following muckrakers won a Pulitzer Prize for their work on a biography of Woodrow Wilson?
8. Which muckraker attacked the popular oil monopoly by publishing 'History of the Standard Oil Company'?
9. 'The Octopus', a famous muckraker novel written by Frank Norris, attacked which industry?
10. What was the unfortunate end of the muckraker David Graham Phillips?
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