Investigative Journalists: The Muckrakers

1890s–1920s

Introduction
Investigations
Create Your Own Story Activity
Social Media Editor
Outcomes

Primary Source Interactives

The Octopus

Cartoons as Political Communication

Ida Tarbell and Standard Oil

Muckraking Journalism

Ida B. Wells

Investigative Report Into Lynchings

Upton Sinclair

Using Alternative Mediums for Journalism

How The Other Half Lives

Reporting on Unsafe Living Conditions

Political cartoonists shone a spotlight on cutthroat business tactics with fanciful illustrations like the octopus in the cartoon below.

Introduction Standard Oil Cartoon Ida Tarbell and Standard Oil Ida B.Wells’s Investigation on Lynching Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Jacob Riis: Progressive Era Photographer Create Your Own Story Social Media Editor Outcomes

Directions

Use the magnifier to answer the following questions about the political cartoon.

The Octopus

Udo Klepper, Next, Puck magazine, 1904. Library of Congress

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