passed in 1906 and was purposed for protecting the public from any consumerism based harm. It was also made in response to various cases where consumers were caused medical harm by the ill preparation of food or falsified medicine. Upton Sinclair (See: Upton Sinclair) brought light to a plethora of problems that occurred when food productions were unmonitored. He wrote them all out in ‘The Jungle’‚ a book which became something of a scandal when it was published. President Roosevelt (See: Theodore
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Jane Adams‚ Upton Sinclair‚ and Theodore Roosevelt all contributed to this large reform movement in their various ways. Social critics‚ women’s advancement reformers‚ and even two of our first presidents in the nineteen hundreds contributed to the reforms and changes which define the Progressive Era. "Muckrakers"‚ as Theodore Roosevelt called them‚ were some of the first to push for reform in society. (Murrin pg. 706) These social critics which including Upton Sinclair‚ Lincoln Steffens
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Animal rights are essential because in many ways they are just like humans‚ they are proven to have emotions and have families just like us‚ therefore it is unethical to abuse the animals in ways that we know is not right to do for humans. Due to animals having limited to no rights‚ it’s our duty to make a change and make people and schools aware of animal cruelty. Citizens of the United States have the ability of Freedom of speech‚ religion‚ press‚ assembly‚ and petition. With that kind of power
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product loved by almost everyone‚ but at what cost? Upton Sinclair addresses this question in The Flivver King. The Flivver King tells the story of Henry Ford and his massive business from the perspective of his workers. Contrary to popular belief‚ the relationship between Mr. Ford and his workers became much more frustrating and upsetting as his business progressed. World War 1 and the Great Depression damagingly effect Ford and his workers. Upton Sinclair’s story of the Shutt family depicts the changes
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of the most well-known muckrakers worked for McClure’s Magazine‚ where they wrote exposés on large companies‚ meat slaughtering houses‚ and city governments. These prominent and influential reporters included Ida M. Tarbell‚ Lincoln Steffens‚ Upton Sinclair‚ and Ray Stannard Baker. Now suppose that you‚ too‚ are an investigative journalist. Instead of choosing a business or government‚ you have been asked to write a piece on one of the muckrakers. Which muckraker will you investigate? And how
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Act (1890)‚ he was therefore nicknamed trustbuster. At this time‚ muckrakers‚ who were writers who exposed the hazardous conditions in factories and political corruption‚ became active; one of the most renowned muckrakers was Upton Sinclair. (Schultz 2013‚ 342) Upton Sinclair wrote a book titled the Jungle that told about the truly gruesome conditions of a Chicago meatpacking company. President Woodrow Wilson‚ who succeeded Roosevelt‚ found that the conditions were real and pressed for congress to
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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 Act (Document B). W.E.B. Dubois’s “The Crisis” inferred that
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In The Jungle‚ Upton Sinclair uses a true to life story to demonstrate the working man’s life during industrialization. Marx depicts in the Communist Manifesto an explanation of why the proletariat is worked so hard for the benefit of the bourgeois‚ and how they will inevitably rise up from it and move to a life of communism. When The Jungle and the Communist Manifesto were written‚ the proletariat‚ or working class‚ was a commodity of commerce. Like their brothers‚ they subjected to competition
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Language November 24th‚ 2013 Animal Abuse in Slaughterhouses Slaughterhouses kill millions of animals every year; innocent animals are confined into feeding areas and cut and slaughtered alive. The slaughterhouses ethics have not changed since Upton Sinclair wrote his bestseller The Jungle investigating a Chicago slaughterhouse and how unsanitary and terrible the conditions were. According to Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation‚ the ethics of these companies still has not changed. People may think this
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With the rise of immigration‚ industrial growth‚ and the widespread urban expansion‚ the United States had drastically during the last quarter of the 19th century. However‚ by the 20th century‚ a wide range of groups and individuals with a common desire to improve life in the gilded age sought reform. This era became to be known as the progressive era which was a reaction to excess of industrialization. During the progressive era people of the United States wanted to make moderate political change
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