Muckrakers!

"There are, in the body politic, economic and social, many and grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil man whether politician or business man, every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer or speaker, every man who, on the platform, or in book, magazine, or newspaper, with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful."   Teddy Roosevelt, "The Man with the Muck-Rake" speech excerpt.

What is Roosevelt's argument?

What does he want "every writer or speaker" to do?

Muckrackers

Muckrakers Activity

Slum Life, The Workplace, Unsafe Products, The Landscape, Families, Natural Resources, Pollution, Political Machines and Bosses, Local and State Politics, National Politics, Social Class, African Armericans and Women.  What is going on?  Who wrote about these issues?  Who were the players involved?  Research and Write, you Muckrakers, you.