THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917
THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Led to railroad companies going bankrupt
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Led to John D. Rockefeller suing the book
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Let to new federal food safety laws
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Led to Muckrakers going extinct
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Detailed explanation-1: -The book was a huge success with the public and was a direct influence on getting the previously stalled Pure Food & Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act through Congress with both becoming law on June 30th 1906.
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. Before the turn of the 20th century, a major reform movement had emerged in the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Within a year of the novel’s publication in 1906, Congress passed both the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, establishing the agency that would later become the Food and Drug Administration.