Muckraking was a powerful journalistic force, whose supporters made it become so. Muckraking was the practice of writers and critics exposing corrupt politicians and business practices. President Theodore Roosevelt made the term "muck-raker" popular. He once said The man with the muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; who was offered a celestial crown for his muckrake, but who would neither look up nor regard the …showed first 75 words of 1887 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1887 total… Reform. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Josephson, Matthew. The Robber Barons. San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1962. Reiger, C. C. The Era of the Muckrakers. Massachusetts: Peter Smith, 1957. Sinclair, Upton. "The Consequences of Land Speculation are Tenantry and Debt on the Farms, and Slums and Luxury in the Cities." Upton Sinclair. 1924. (17 Dec. 1999) Works Consulted "A Word to the Muck-Rakers." Editorial. Independent 9 Feb. 1911: LXX, 319-20. "Muckrakers." Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Version 5.1.0. 1997. "Muckrakers." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. Version 2.00. 1998.