In the nineteenth century great advances were made toward industrializing america‚ but american freedoms were sacrificed in the process. Going into the twentieth century many changes were made to change the cultural norms of the previous century. The labor and women’s movement challenged the nineteenth centuries meaning of american freedom by showing the people that not everyone was being protected and accurately represented in america. The labor movement began because of many different outcomes
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In his 1906 novel The Jungle‚ muckraker Upton Sinclair wrote about unsanitary conditions in meatpacking plants: "There would be meat stored in great piles in rooms; and the water from leaky roofs would drip over it‚ and thousands of rats would race about on it." Sinclair reported that rat droppings‚ and even the rats themselves‚ often become part of processed meat. Canned goods were not regulated either
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The Progressive Era began in the 1890’s. The Progressive Era was a period of social and political reform in the US. Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. People in the United States had long been displeased with the unsafe conditions‚ political corruption and social injustice of the industrial age; it was not until the late 19th century that the accumulation of cheap newspapers and magazines
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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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