History of American Journalism

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During what decade did Americans experience the Great Depression?
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Dorthea Lange documented the Dust Bowl with her photographs.
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What is yellow journalism?
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What invention allowed newspapers to include images?
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What is the name of the journalist who wrote "The Jungle," which exposed the conditions of workers in the meat packing industry?
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What was the name of the journalist who reported about John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company?
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Who was the journalist who traveled around the world and faked insanity to report on the conditions within a mental institution?
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Edward R. _____ and had a profound impact on radio and televion.
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What publication did Henry Luce's launch in 1923?
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What is the term used to describe a journalist who investigates and publishes truthful reports to encourage reform?
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What conflict was the United States part of from 1917-1919?
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The information published in the newspapers owned by Pulitzer and Hearst played a role in the public's interest in seeing the start of which war?
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What technology, sometimes called the wireless telegraph, did congress first attempt to regulate in 1912?
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Who was the photographer who documented D-Day?
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What type of machine was an improvement over setting type one character at a time?
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Who was the first female war photographer?
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As a result of the Industrial Revolution...