Define the term "Muckraker." Be sure to include the name of the person who created it. A muckraker is one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders. President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with originating the term ’muckraker.’ Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main focus of the Naturalistic writer? Naturalistic writers believed that the laws
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My Own Mt. Rushmore Mt. Rushmore is one of America’s most recognized national monuments‚ sporting the faces of 4 of our nation’s greatest presidents: Abraham Lincoln‚ George Washington‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ and Thomas Jefferson. If I were to reconstruct Mt. Rushmore with faces of my choosing‚ I would choose to put 4 of my favorite people in the whole world: Nicolas Cage‚ Ryan Seacrest‚ Ivan Doroschuk‚ and Alana “Honey Boo-Boo” Thompson. Nicolas Cage is one of my role models because he is a
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reformers whose 1 mission was to look for and uncover political and business corruption. The term muckraker‚ which referred to the "man with a muckrake" in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ was first used in a pejorative sense by Theodore Roosevelt‚ whose opinion of the muckrakers was that they were biased and overreacting. The movement began about 1902 and died down by 1917. Despite its brief duration‚ however‚ it had a significant impact on the political‚ commercial
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above). To his dismay‚ the project wasn’t working out. The crew was not prepared for the physical challenges that they faced in Panama. The foreigners working on the canal demanded more money‚ which eventually led to the project’s bankruptcy. Theodore Roosevelt believed strongly in the building of the Panama Canal‚ and he had strong public support. In 1900‚ President McKinley elected Roosevelt as vice president for his second term. The next year‚ McKinley was assassinated‚ so Roosevelt promptly
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What factors caused America to turn its attention to the world beyond her borders? In the final decades of the nineteenth century‚ America grew hungry for empire and expansion‚ and became incredibly aggressive in its foreign policy Aggressive expansionism became popular in America thanks to the desire to tap overseas markets‚ the yellow press of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst‚ the racist view that Anglo-Saxons ought to dominate the "backwards peoples" (a view made popular by Reverend
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George Washington Carver was a chemist with an extraordinary mind and an extraordinary life. With the mentality he grew up having‚ this chemist amazed everybody of how to take one little thing and transform it into quite a few useful things. Earning the name “The Plant Doctor.” As a child‚ born around 1864 George grew up to an enslaved couple known as Mary and Giles‚ owned by Moses Caver. Then suddenly George followed by his mom and sister were kidnapped by raiders and sold in kentucky. Only then
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introduced to America. Basically‚ the progressivism firstly started as a social movement and later turned into a political movement. Sorting out the charismatic progressive leaders of transforming period of late 19th and early 20th century President Theodore Roosevelt‚ 1901-09‚ William Howard Taft‚ 1909-13‚ and Woodrow Wilson‚ 1913-21 were the most influential progressive presidents in the American History. The major accomplishments during the progressive period can be sort out into major five points
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solve the deep rooted problems. The most important change occurred a bit later when William McKinley was elected as the 25th president in the election of 1897‚ and made changes in the state and national governments. He was followed by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1901–09) and William Howard Taft (1909–13) who carried McKinley’s legacy of progressivism when he was assassinated in
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What events led to the formation of the Progressive Party and what progressive reforms were enacted during the Taft Presidency and what events led to the election of Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election? During Taft’s administration‚ he enacted on many progressive reforms‚ the progressive party was formed‚ and Woodrow Wilson was elected in 1912. While being president‚ Taft was very active in passing progressive reforms. Some of Taft’s greatest accomplishments can be found in his work on antitrust
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The Progressive Movement: Which Reform Was Most Successful? Though the progressives were successful in several areas‚ exposing corruption was their greatest success. The results of this led to the revealing frauds‚ unfair business practices‚ bribery‚ and many other unlawful practices. Because the progressives had exposed so much corruption‚ average citizens would soon have the benefit of cleaner work conditions‚ higher wages‚ less voter intimidation‚ and safer goods for sale. The progressives
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