Progressives+and+Muckrakers-(2-7)

a.)Progressives worked to improve social and political problems, and Muckrakers were mostly progressives who exposed political corruption in big business.  Working conditions that Progressives and Muckrakers tried to reform were unsafe and unsanitary conditions in meat processing, which lead to the creation of the FDA which caused unsafe machinery, child labor, and low and unequal wages.

b.) Areas in which they were criticized for not attempting to correct were that they pushed for social justice, general equality and public safety, but there were contradictions within the movement, especially regarding race. Race relations which lead to unequal rights and unfair treatment which caused secret ballots, and then the industrial revolution.