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.
Was traded for other kinds of goods. (D)
He was a businessman and was known for being a tv personality.
B c and e is my guess because d makes absolutely no sense to me and a drives me crazy trying to find something to put it together with
The connotative meaning of a word refers to "<span>A. what it suggests about something," since this is different than its literal meaning in that its open to interpretation. </span>
