According to the Impact / Profile box, “Muckraker Ida Tarbell Exposes Standard Oil’s John D. Rockefeller,” which of the following is true?

a. Ida wrote under the pseudonym Ora Wells.
b. She did a 2 hour study of John Rockefeller during a church service.
c. She was America’s first muckraking journalist.
d. She actually reported for one of John Rockefeller’s own magazines.


ANSWER: b

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