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The Muckrakers — Quiz

Question 10 • Virginia and US History

What did Ida B. Wells work to end through her muckraking articles?

Answer
A
problems in the meatpacking industry
B
lynching of and discrimination against African Americans
C
the Standard Oil monopoly
D
corrupt railroad business practices

Explanation

Ida B. Wells used investigative articles to expose lynching and racial discrimination against African Americans. Her writing challenged the excuses used to justify lynching and called for an end to this violence. Meatpacking, Standard Oil, and railroad abuses were investigated by other muckraking journalists.

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