... disturbing and very sad photos of children and mothers lining in small cramped rooms or on the streets. Two muckrakers who focused on the food and drug industry were Upton Sinclair and Samuel Hopkins Adams. Upton Sinclair arguably the most famous muckraker wrote a book titled The Jungle which showed the bad working ... of meat factories. This leads to the passing of the meat inspection act which made food have to be inspected before sold and the pure food and drug act which regulated any sold food and medicines at pharmacies. He stated, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hi...

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... uncovered unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and rallied American against the horror stories and demanded change. Directly after the publishing of The Jungle, the Pure Food and Drug Act established the Food and Drug Administration, which tested and approved drugs before they went on the market for consumers. Ida Tarbell also brought about change, she wrote History of Standard Oil Company ... ...

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... "real world" is extraordinary for a literary work. Sinclair's 1906 landmark novel is credited with awakening the widespread public fury that led to the rapid passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), a watershed in consumer protection and government legislation (Norton)". Sinclair traveled to the stockyards of Chicago in winter of 1904, to investigate the conditions of the meat packing industry ... the plight of the workers in the packing yards of Chicago. Due to the graphic nature of this book, it instigated many reforms, most notably the immediate Pure Food and Drug Acts of 1906. ...

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... about the food in which they ingested everyday. After the publishing of this novel, there was widespread horror upon the masses. This led to Roosevelt passing the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, a much needed remedy for this horrific problem. Political change also resulted from the progressive movement. The political structure of that time was founded upon ... ...

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