Question

instructions
match each word with the correct definition.
definition options (4 of 4)
reform - minded american journalists who sought to expose corruption in established institutions and leaders
lacking a moral sense: unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something
determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants
the period after the civil war during which former confederate states were brought back into the united states
word options (4 of 4)
reconstruction hereditary muckraker amoral
definition word

Explanation:

• Reform - minded American journalists who sought to expose corruption in established institutions and leaders: Muckrakers were journalists during the Progressive Era who aimed to expose social ills and corporate/political corruption.
• Lacking a moral sense: unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something: "Amoral" means not being concerned with morality.
• Determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants: "Hereditary" refers to traits passed from parents to children via genetics.
• The period after the Civil War during which former Confederate states were brought back into the United States: "Reconstruction" was the era (1865 - 1877) focused on reintegrating the South into the Union after the Civil War.

Answer:

• Reform - minded American journalists who sought to expose corruption in established institutions and leaders: muckraker
• Lacking a moral sense: unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something: amoral
• Determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants: hereditary
• The period after the Civil War during which former Confederate states were brought back into the United States: Reconstruction