Justine Saldana POLS 2314.07 11/23/12 The Jungle By: Upton Sinclair Ona and Jurgis are getting married and they live in Chicago. They live in Packington which is a city known for their meat packing industry‚ while there they see pins filled with different types of livestock. Tuberculosis is a common disease that is going around during this time‚ and some of the animals are skipped from inspection and continue on into the meat process with this disease. Jurgis is employed in the meat packing
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The Jungle‚ by Upton Sinclair takes the reader on a journey through the inadequate factory conditions throughout the industrial revolution. The Jungle introduced us to the the Rudkus family‚ with the father (Jurgis) being the main character of the book. Upton Sinclair uses this family to show how extremely terrible the environment was for new immigrants into America. As the story begins to unravel Upton becomes frustrated with the capitalist society; He had been cheated plenty of times out of work
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Muckrakers were US journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century. The term was first used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Roosevelt denounced muckrakers in 1906 because he felt that they were making stories up to prove that America was corrupted‚ when it was not. Some people believe that Teddy Roosevelt was missing the point of muckrakers‚ but Roosevelt made the right decision. The people did not deserve to be worried about issues that were
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Muckraker: a negative‚ nefarious‚ and condescending term coined by President Theodore Roosevelt to insult the few nonconformists who have devoted their lives to exposing the corruption in society. But to some of these martyrs‚ such as Jessica Mitford‚ it is a noble and righteous title to hold. I believe that Mitford was correct and the term muckraker should be a title for these journalists to hold high in today’s society when its definition is someone who “searches out and publicly exposes real of
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viewed methods of muckrakers such as Ida Tarbell‚ Ray S. Baker‚ Lincoln Steffens‚ and Upton Sinclair as these types of people. Others saw these muckraking methods as perfectly acceptable for fighting against the industrial powerhouses. Either way‚ these muckrakers worked hard to arouse sentiment in the hearts of the public (Reiger 1). Muckraking actually began long before the years of 1900-1902‚ when the muckraking movement is credited to have begun. Jesus was probably the first muckraker. Years later
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Muckrakers The term “muckraker” was originally coined in a speech in 1906 accredited to President Theodore Roosevelt. It was alluding to the man with the Muck-Rake in Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Process. The Man with the Muck rake seeks material advances by raking filth. Roosevelt defined this term as "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders". Muckrakers in the Progressive Era‚ a time from 1820 until 1920 when America quickly industrialized
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Era—the Populists and the Muckrakers. The Progressive Era would benefit from these two groups. James Stevens explains that “The populist platform of 1892 outlined many reforms that would be accomplished in the Progressive
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A muckraker is someone who exposes the unpleasant truths that society likes to pretend don’t exist. Mark Twain was a muckraker. In Twain’s book‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ all the grime‚ racism‚ and vulgarity of the South in the mid 1800s‚ is depicted accurately and vividly. The story is set in St. Petersburg‚ Missouri‚ and follows a 13 year old boy‚ Huck‚ as he struggles against society internally to hold on to who he truly is‚ and externally to sneak a family slave up the Mississippi
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President Theodore Roosevelt strongly believed that each and every president should be a true leader. Roosevelt also developed the term of "Muckrakers" and stated his views on them. He also expressed his views on the foreign policy. Roosevelt held true to his beliefs that a president should lead by his actions. Roosevelt accomplished many things during his presidency‚ which implies that he had to have led the country to such success. He took charge by enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act‚ the
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Followed by the gilded age in the 1980s‚ a period where powerful monopolies dominated the economy‚ the progressive era ushered in a period of reforms. Fueled by the flaws run by the laissez-faire economy‚ people start advocating for changes in society. Muckrakers such as Upton Sinclair‚ the writer of The Jungle; Jacob Riis‚ the writer How the Other Half Lives; and Ida Tarbell‚ who wrote about the oil industry all contributed to bringing awareness to the inhumane conditions of many in everyday lives and the
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