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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Meat packing factory
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Steel mill
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the Senate
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Market
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Detailed explanation-1: -After recovering from his injury, Jurgis takes the least desirable job at a fertilizer mill.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jurgis finds a job as a porter at a socialist-run hotel and is reunited with Teta Elzbieta.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In The Jungle, Jurgis’s job at the fertilizer plant is shovelling fertilizer into carts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lesson Summary His first job in the killing beds at Brown’s meatpacking plant is hard and dirty, yet Jurgis is proud of himself. He works this job until an injury puts him out of work for good.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.