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The muckraker who targeted corrupted politicians during the progressive era were _____.


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Militants
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Farmers
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Labourers
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Journalists
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Solution

The correct option is D Journalists

Muckrakers were the journalists who targeted corrupt politicians. ‘Muckraker’ literally means one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders. It was popularized by Theodre Roosevelt, the president of US in the year 1906 in his speech.


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