Compare and contrast the image and character of political leadership as portrayed in the films "Woodrow Wilson- and "All the King's Men."" ... In 1909 Wilson's progressive programs and innovations as president of Princeton University attracted the attention of the Democratic political machine. ... A speaking tour designed to test the waters was a rousing success and Governor Wilson stepped into national politics. Stark, who rises from poverty to become the governor of his state and its most powerful political figure. Willie takes control of the state through a combination of poli...

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The muckrakers' influence in society reached its peak between 1904 and 1908, when the exposes on patent-medicine fraud, meat processing, insurance swindles, monopolies, political corruption, and racial violence led to criminal indictments and reform legislation. ... Political bosses and machines paid off big businesses to keep them in power and used processes like padding bills and submitting false receipts. Political machines worked through exchanges of favors that only a muckraker could find out. ... Ida Tarbell worked to expose big business and political scandal. ... Without muckraking...

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