The Muckrakers were journalists that exposed the injustices that were very shocking. That nickname was given because they racked up muck. The way people tried to correct mistreatment was to write to congress. That however was slow and it mostly ended up not changing anything. Producing articles was faster, and had a bigger immediate impact. Muckrakers had a played a big role in the late 1800’s because the radio didn’t become a common item until the 1920’s and 1930’s and TV wasn’t invented, so this meant that the nation was big on reading.
Many magazines were bought by people that had wrong doing of food industries, drug industries, the government, police, corporations, and banks. Muckrakers didn’t just expose the problems they often offered a solution. They did that because the crimes they exposed often had effects that affected the readers.
The Square Deal was a nickname that was given to President Theodore Roosevelt’s platform. This was because he promised to fair to everyone, and not like one group of American’s more. The three basic ideas that the Square Deal was made on was “conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection,” and have a nickname of the “three C’s.” He aimed to help the people who make up the middle class. This involved trying to protect business from extreme demand from the labor force. Roosevelt was a liberal Republican and believed in government action to mitigate social evils (I don’t know what that last part means).
In his second term Roosevelt worked to cover the Square Deal even more. In 1903 the Elkins Act was passed with Roosevelt’s support which. This meant that railroads weren’t allowed to give discounts to favored companies any more. Roosevelt worked so that food companies had to have proper sanitation. He also made so that items couldn’t be mislabeled, and couldn’t be misleading on purpose. Over all I’d say he was pretty successful with the Square Deal. Campaign
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Good information but you did not include pictures or your sources. You also need to expand a lot more on your personal thoughts.