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question number two the answer is C
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The term muckraker<span> was used in the </span>Progressive Era<span> to characterize reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt. They typically had large audiences in some popular magazines. In the US, the modern term is </span>investigative journalism<span> — it has different and more pejorative connotations in British English
</span><span>The muckrakers played a highly visible role during the Progressive Era period, 1890s–1920s</span>
Finance minister Jean Baptiste Colbert helped to make France the wealthiest state in Europe by imposing merchantilist policies to bolster the economy. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the fourth option or option "D". He was the finance minister of Louis XIV.