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Women's Rights and Suffrage

Question 2 • MO-US History II A

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

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

Explanation

Ida B. Wells used investigative journalism to expose and oppose the lynching of African Americans, as well as the discrimination they faced. The other choices are associated with different reform campaigns: for example, Upton Sinclair exposed problems in meatpacking, while Ida B. Wells focused on racial violence and injustice.

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