These journalists were called muckrakers. They basically "raked the muck" out of society to make it a better place. They uncovered unsafe working conditions and unjust business practices and wrote about them to try to expose corruption.
The Declaration of Independence was made so that the colonies could explain to the foreign nations why they had chosen to separate themselves from Great Britain.
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I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is option B. Wilson believed that high tariffs prevented the us economy from growing. <span>Wilson believed if high tariffs, encourages monopolies because high cost of import cuts competition against American goods. Hope this answers the question.</span>
