Eduardo Leon 5.4 Respond to the following in complete‚ well-developed sentences. 1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? uncovering the horrible working conditions for the people working in the meat industries. Americans later demanded for better working conditions. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? The pure food and
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-The progressives comprised of individuals within the progressive era that championed for societal changes necessary in eliminating the existent societal injustices (Dyck et al.‚ 2013: NWHM‚ 2013: Novak‚ 2010). -The muckrakers were investigative journalists during the progressive era involved in the investigation of various social injustices experienced by the common citizen within the society. -The need for social reforms had developed into a vital need for the society‚ which was enhanced by increased
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The explosive industrial growth took place in the last quarter of the 19th century by progressives who flourished with great cities. Businesses’ highly developed reaching oversees‚ commerce and influence of major establishments. Unfortunately‚ not all of the citizens shared the wealth‚ reputation and favorable outcomes. Additionally‚ these overwhelming set of forces triggered economic and social issues in America. Therefore in response to this political incorporate abuses and corruption‚ the progressive
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In the 19th and 20th centuries‚ many foreigners emigrated from Southern and Eastern Europe. These were the new immigrants; they fled from famine‚ war‚ and financial instability among other issues. Once arriving‚ the new immigrants were brutally welcomed by the old immigrants. Many of the old immigrants held nativist views towards the newcomers. Old immigrants were people who were already settled in the United States and most of them believed the new immigrants were injurious to America. New immigrants
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usually paid off politicians to prevent the passing of laws that could ruin profits. They also bribed government inspectors so that they would not even check anything out and they would report back to the government saying that all is swell. The muckrakers finally exposed this corruption‚ and soon the public was made more aware of these things. This led to better conditions in factories because politicians started actually doing their jobs. At that time‚ many people in politics were extremely corrupt
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amendments. The Progressive reformers and the federal government improved social‚ economic‚ and political conditions in the United States. Social changes came into effect once light was shed on the poor conditions that many minorities faced. Muckrakers‚ like Upton SinClair and W.E.B. Dubois‚ highlighted great injustices that led to government intervention. Upton SinClair’s “The Jungle” made government aware of awful meat packing conditions which prompted Roosevelt to push for the Meat Inspection
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1/14/13 Political machines of fraud and bribery Introduction: Lincoln Steffens published the “shame of the cities” witch was a book based on the corruption in the 1900’s. By 1900‚ many cities in the south of America were controlled by political machines. These organizations consisted of full-time politicians whose main goal was to get and keep politicians power and money and also influence that
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Sender 2. Message 3. Theory Two Step flow theory—someone gets it to the mass media‚ then it is sent out Co-Centric Circle—something gradually filters out Spiral of silence—don’t care about what is going on unless it belittles them Muckrakers 1. Upton Sinclair—the Jungle Novel- attacked deplorable conditions of the meat packing
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actives had drastically changed the landscape. Farmers started to clear the trees and turn them into crops. Also‚ the loggers were cutting down large areas of woodland. Workplace: When the government wanted to start protecting the consumers‚ the muckrakers exposed the horrible working conditions. Around the 1900’s‚ unskilled work replaced and most killed manufactory jobs. Many of the workers found the jobs boring. They wanted more exciting things to do and make it worthwhile working there. Another
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During the Progressive Era numerous reforms were made; all of which were part of varying reform movements. Reforms were made to timeless issues such as education‚ government‚ and business. However‚ reforms were also made to new ideas such as conservation. Up until the Progressive Era there was no emphasis placed on conservation because there had always been a surplus of resources in America. During the Progressive Era‚ on the other hand‚ resources were being used up exponentially due to factors such
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