THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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To expose child labor
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To expose the filthy conditions of the meat industry
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To tell about the harsh working conditions of immigrants
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To tell about pollution caused by factories
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Detailed explanation-1: -His big break came in 1906 with the publication of the book form of The Jungle. To research this book, Sinclair spent several weeks undercover in a Chicago-area meatpacking factory. Sinclair’s intention was to depict the hardships facing poor working immigrants in hopes of garnering sympathy for them.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the book The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair he described the life of a struggling family try to work and stay alive in the filth. The working conditions in the factories were unsafe, unsanitary and people made little. The purpose of this book was for people to become socialist other than capitalist.