If by planters you mean "Plantation owners", then it is planters. Plantation owners were at the top of the South's social hierarchy because they possessed large plots of land, yielding much income from the that land, and with the income came political power.
As money or as trade its as american as baseball and apple pie
The correct answer to this question is: 1 writers who worked to reform aspects of society
Muckrackers were socially conscious journalists who worked to expose the worst aspects of society.
You can either talk about police, education (school), highway building, or how taxes are used to pay for all those services. And then explain how whatever service you chose affects your family. Like for example, highway building can cause you or your parents to have to leave earlier because of detours. Or with taxes you can talk about how it puts your family on a budget.
