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What is a muckraker?

A muckraker is a person who always checks the work conditions about a job. The people check if all the co-workers are being treated equal and to see if everything is healthy. This is like the health inspector who comes the a restaurant and see if all the food is healthy for the customers. If the service didn't fix the problems then they would shut the factories until corrected or keep it shut down. The main areas that muckrakers work at were in sweatshops, mines, child labor and unsanitary conditions in food processing plants. They worked in these areas because they are the harshest conditions because they required the most amount of work. Also they worked here because people go to the food restaurant to make sure its safe to eat there.

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