i was thinking i could do it about doing the issue of how unsafe and unsanitary the factories were. but i wasn’t sure.

If you were a journalist in the early 1900s, would you be hungry to expose unfair practices in industrialized and urban America? In the assessment section of this lesson, you will have a discussion with your
classmates about muckrakers. To prepare for the discussion, choose a progressive issue that you have learned about so far in this unit and write a one-paragraph discussion that answers the following questions
First, describe the issue. Why is the issue important to you? If you were a muckraker, would you want to expose, uncover, or examine the issue? Do you feel that issue still exists today, perhaps in a different
form?