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QuizMultiple Choice

The Muckrakers

Question 6 • MO-US History II A

Ida B. Wells’s book The Red Record

Answer
A
exposed the corruption of the Standard Oil monopoly.
B
exposed the corrupt practices of the railroad industry.
C
exposed the horrors of lynching in America.
D
exposed the terrible work conditions of the meat-packing industry.

Explanation

Ida B. Wells’s The Red Record documented lynching in the United States, using evidence and accounts to challenge the violence and racial injustice behind it. It did not focus on Standard Oil, railroads, or meat-packing conditions. The correct choice is “exposed the horrors of lynching in America.”

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