They exposed government corruption in the hope of changing unfair laws. :{)- Answered By Yung Jeez
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The Muckrakers were a group of investigative reporters and authors who looked into corruption, greed, and corporate wrong-doing in the late 1800s through the 1910s; they wrote books, as well as magazine and newspaper articles, and helped to change the society for the better.
The goal of the muckrakers was to bring about reform through their writings.
Government corruption was fought by progressives and muckrakers- apex
The Muckrakers was created in 1997.
Nellie Bly and Lincoln Steffens
At the beginning of the Civil War the northern goal was simply to restore the Union at all costs. Slavery became the main issue in the following years of the war but the goal at the start was to save the Union!