The First and Second Estates, comprised almost unanimously of the nobility, could always outvote the Third Estate. Since 1614, the economic power of the Third Estate had increased dramatically; in 1788, the popular call was to double the number of representatives from the Third Estate so that they'd have equal voting power in comparison with the other two estates. They wanted equal rights to vote and have representation in their government.
The Muckrakers were a group of journalists, who would 'rake up the muck' of the slums of america, or other areas, and try to expose it. An example of a muckraker is "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair Jr, where the meat packaging industry is revealed to be extremely unsanitary and lurid.
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