Question

Which phrase best fits in the last box? the public began to take action by setting up committees and supporting reform candidates. the public turned against the muckrakers and tried to shut down their newspapers. the public was outraged and demanded that the government regulate journalistic practices. the public largely ignored the muckrakers' articles.

Answer 1

The first one- the public began to take action by setting up committees and supporting reform candidates. The influence of the muckrakers (journalists that were pro reform) was far reaching, with labor and economic relations getting a turn for the better because of their interference, that ought to expose injustices and corruption in diverse strata of american society. Inspired and instigated by their work, the public started to take matters to their hands and started changing their local political scenery in hopes that by doing this the problems denounced by the muckrakers ceased to exist.

Answer 2

The answer is...The public began to take action by setting up committees and supporting reform candidates