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THE JUNGLE. Chicago Meatpacking Industry 1900. UPTON SINCLAIR – Muckraking Journalist of the Progressive Era. “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident, I hit it in the stomach.” -Upton Sinclair. THE JUNGLE (1906). CHICAGO STOCKYARDS.
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THE JUNGLE Chicago Meatpacking Industry 1900
UPTON SINCLAIR – Muckraking Journalist of the Progressive Era
“I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident, I hit it in the stomach.” -Upton Sinclair
39th Street to 47th Street, and from Halsted to Ashland Ave.
Gov’t Responds • Meat Inspection Act • Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)