Annotated Bibliography

"Henry Demarest Lloyd." Photos/Illustrations. Cirker, Hayward and Blanche Cirker, eds.
Dictionary of American Portraits, 1967. American History. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 1
Dec. 2014
Henry Lloyd was one of the first muckrakers, he helped the public in many ways including
throwing out the corrupt governor William Tweed of New York and also published 4
books exposing corrupt corporations.
Hollis, Daniel W. "muckraker movement." American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 9 Dec. 2014.
This source is gives the background of one of the earliest muckrakers Hollis, Daniel W. These
backgrounds on early muckrakers help depict the full story of the muckraker roles on the
progressive era.
"Ida Tarbell." Photos/Illustrations. Library of Congress. American History. ABC-CLIO,
2015. Web. 27 Jan. 2015.
Ida Tarbell helped to diminish the corrupt Standard Oil industry
"Jacob Riis." Photos/Illustrations. Cirker, Hayward and Blanche Cirker, eds. Dictionary of
American Portraits, 1967. American History. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 3 Dec. 2014.
Jacob Riis was one of the earliest muckrakers established by Theodore Roosevelt and the people.
He helped journal many social issues an exposed them.
"Lincoln Steffens." American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 9 Dec. 2014.

Again this is a documentation on the history of Lincoln Steffens role in the muckrakers
organization. He launched a series of articles throughout his life to newspapers, books
and reports.
"Lincoln Steffens." Photos/Illustrations. Library of Congress. American History. ABCCLIO, 2014. Web. 3 Dec. 2014.
Lincoln Steffens was one of the earliest muckrakers during the progressive era. All of his entries
and documentations went into a book called "The Shame of the Cities.". He never gave
up being muckraker from the time he started.
McGuire, William, and Leslie Wheeler. "John D. Rockefeller." American History. ABCCLIO, 2015. Web. 31 Jan. 2015.
Background of John D. Rockefeller, it explains his actions and lifestyle
McGuire, William, and Leslie Wheeler. "Henry Demarest Lloyd." American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 9 Dec. 2014.
He was an outstanding muckraker, he helped overthrow corrupt mayor William Tweed from
office as well as partake in many reforms.
"Progressive Era." American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.
This background text on the progressive era gives detail on the cogs that made it work. The
Muckrakers were a big part of it .
"Ray Stannard Baker." Photos/Illustrations. Library of Congress. American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
He joined with Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens to form American Magazine. He was a great
contributor to the muckraker cause

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. Digital file. http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/usinclair/TheJungle.pdf- citation for online ebook site

This book from Upton Sinclair really described the hardships and conditions of the workers in a
corrupt meat packing industry.
"Standard Oil v. United States (1911)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 31 Jan.
2015.
This is the court document on Standard Oil and John D, Rockefeller. He was accused of trying to
monopolize his company.
Strom, Steven. "progressive movement." American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.
This gives a detailed summary of the progressive era. It helped me understand it better.
"Theodore Roosevelt: Muckrakers speech (1906)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2014.
Web. 1 Dec. 2014.
This is a copy of Theodore Roosevelt's speech on muckrakers.
"Theodore Roosevelt: quote on muckrakers." American History.
ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
"Theodore Roosevelt: quote on muckrakers." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2014. Web. 1
Dec. 2014.
Just another quote from Theodore Roosevelt's speech on muckrakers
Ushistory.org. "Muckrakers." U.S. History Online Textbook. N.p., 2014. Web. 8 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.ushistory.org/us/42b.asp>.
This gives a decrypt definition and summary of the Muckraker cause