Muckrakers- journalists from the Industrial Revolution who spoke out against abuses of the big time business, urbanization, immigration, problems.
Gilded Age- time after the Civil War to the beginning of the 20th Century marked by growth of railroads, industry, and lack of government regulation. Key leaders emerged like Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller.
Jacob Riis- photographed life in the tenements to make people aware of the horrible conditions that people were facing