Question

Which of the following events was prompted by Ida Tarbell's investigative journalism?


A.
Congress passed a pure food and drug act.


B.
The Supreme Court broke up the Standard Oil trust.


C.
Roosevelt invited Tarbell to dinner at the White House.


D.
Child labor laws were rewritten

Answer 1

does anyone know this

Answer 2

B.
Tarbell's reporting and writing of Standard Oil stood above everything else for two reasons. It was the first corporate coverage of its kind, and it attacked the business operations of Rockefeller, the best-known CEO in the country at the time. That a prominent person in American society could lead a company that used such unsavory operating tactics was eye-opening.

Answer 3

yes i agree with that