Welcome!

Good day fellow history enthusiasts! I would like to welcome you to my History blog. During the course of the year I will be pursuing an independent study that will explore America in the 1950’s, with the hope that by the end I will be well versed in one of the tensest decades in history. This blog will document my research, thoughts, and anything else I pick up along the way. Although my first interest is the culture of the 50’s, culture is merely a product of the times, so I must first know everything I can about that world. I would also like to address the title of my blog, “The Modern Muckraker”. It is true that the muckraker movement was in the progressive era of the 1900’s lasting to about World War I, when the era subsided. However, the muckraker was a journalist who wrote thoroughly research and truthful reports. I hope that my blog has both of these characteristics.

         If anyone reads this blog and has any comments or questions please let me know. The independent study is truly for my own purposes. I needed a time to study history, and the more insight I get the better.

I would like to thank Dr. Maxwell for agreeing to be my advisor, Mrs. Jennings for approving my study, and the entire MKA history department for all of their past and future aid.

-Alexa