... , who came with him to America. After many of the family of twelve is able to get jobs in the meat packing industry in Chicago, they are tricked into buying a house but it turns out to be a swindle; the agreement is full of hidden costs. Jurgi's salary is very important to the family due to the increase of the family's living ... accident instead of looking at the real problem; the dangerous working conditions they provided. Like many families at that time, Jugi's family struggled to collect the monthly payments for the house, buy food for the family or have any savings. The fact that th...

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... , and believed that government could be a tool for change. Social reformers, such as Jane Addams, concentrated on exposing the bad in corporate greed. Progressivism gained a strong voice in the White House when Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901. Roosevelt believed that strong corporations were good for America, but he also believed that corporate conduct must be watched to guarantee that business ... ...

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... in corrupt activity with her boss in order to keep her job. Unsanitary housing and real estate fraud are brought out as well, when Jurgis' family obtains a deteriorating dwelling for a house that they must pay an obscene amount of money to keep. Graft was relevent when we witnessed the police and other authority figures being payed off by bartenders in fear ... ...

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