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= **1.** __Yellow journalism__** - in short, is a biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. Moreover, the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the sole purpose of boosting newspaper sales and exciting public opinion. ** 2. The Industrial Revolution eventually affected the newspaper industry, allowing newspapers access to machines that could easily print thousands of papers in a single night. = =3. double- and triple-checking one's sources and reading between the lines. = =4. People that want to expose corruption of a business or the government. Muckrakers were part of the social justice movement during the Progressive era. During this time period, these journalists, through their research and constant exposure of the wrongdoing by officials in American public life, gave fuel to protests that led to investigations and later on reform of not only Corporate America but the American Government. 5. President Theodore Roosevelt 6. They revealed conditions in the meat packing industry in the united states was a major factor in the establishment of the pure food and drug act. They also revealed fraudulent claims and endorsements of patient medicine in America. 7. The story of Tiger Woods is an article that sounds like a 15 year old girl wrote because she got bored. There may be some truth, but the most of it is not true. The author of the article's intentions were to stretch the truth and to make Tiger Woods look bad, because they know most of the people in our world today love hearing gossip. 8. This is an example of muckraking because its people trying to change society for the better. In the article they are telling parents to watch out for certain toys, because they are dangerous. This helps people in many ways, because children don't know what's okay to do with certain things. A small child may put a toy car in their mouth and choke, whereas a 5 year old would know better than that. = = = = = = = =**Friday, October 23rd - Make up assignment These are key terms from Chapter 10 of your textbook: - MANIFEST DESTINY - THE ALAMO - TEXAS ANNEXATION - MOUNTAIN MEN - THE OREGON TRAIL - BRIGHAM YOUNG - GADSEN PURCHASE - TREATY OF FORT LARAMIE - CALIFORNIOS - FORTY NINERS On a piece of paper I would like you to create a VISUAL representation of each of these terms (a basic drawing) sowing their significance to American history. This make up assignment is due Friday, October 30th. Turn your paper into me! **=

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