THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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the meatpacking business
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political abuses
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child labor issues
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monopolistic business practices
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Detailed explanation-1: -Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. Before the turn of the 20th century, a major reform movement had emerged in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, 1906 | U.S. Capitol-Visitor Center. Commissioned by a socialist newspaper to investigate working conditions in Chicago’s meatpacking industry, journalist Upton Sinclair spent seven weeks among immigrant workers in packing plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1906, the meat packing industry was growing drastically and the need for workers increased even more. However, the novel by Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, published in 1906, revealed the horrifying and unsanitary working conditions that employees lived through.