... go. Muckrakers attempted to show these problems to the public and get laws set in place to fix them. The term muckraker derives from the word muckrake used by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech in 1906, in which he agreed with many of the charges of the muckrakers but asserted that some of their methods were sensational and irresponsible. Some famous muckrakers ... sold over the counter. Upton Sinclair's book The Jungle was the most important part in passing these two acts. President Theodore Roosevelt worked throughout his presidency to end corruption in government and big busine...

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... their nation by diminishing the powers of big business, improving conditions for the consumer, and reforming the political parties. After the death of President William McKinley in 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was sworn into office. Not only did the nation now have a new president, but with reform in mind, a new political and social ideology was being born known as progressivism ... . He launched his campaign by bringing suits against monopolies such as the United States Steel Company and the Northern Securities Company, citing that they were in violation of this legislation. ...

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... politics, these journalists created a form of writing to expose certain deviations. Most literature of this kind was fictitious but still based upon fact. President Theodore Roosevelt coined this style of journalism ''muckraking'', therefore leaving the authors known as ''muckrakers''. Roosevelt chose this name because the writers had such a gift for digging up corruption or dirt on the deviators. Upton Sinclair, a journalist from California ... ...

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