jan 1, 1906 - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Description:
- A muckraking novel that exposed the unsanitary, dangerous conditions of the Chicago meatpacking industry and exploited immigrant labor- It catalyzed the Progressive Era, directly leading to the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 under President Theodore Roosevelt
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Date:
jan 1, 1906
Now
~ 120 years ago