What was a muckraker? a. a writer who exposed abuses of businesses and government b. a writer who wrote scandalous fiction c. a person who worked in sanitation d. a person who wrote about small town affairs

Which statement best describes standard oil in the late 1800s? standard oil controlled only a small number of the nation’s oil refineries. standard oil was a single business that operated in a small region. standard oil controlled only the means and methods of oil production. standard oil owned ninety percent of all oil refineries in the united states.