Muckraking

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Muckraking

• A study of the muck

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Muckraking

• The exposing or revealing of corruption in the
  government or private business to the public

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The Jungle by Upton SinclairExposing the
meatpacking industry
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Chicagos Union Stock Yards
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Chicagos Union Stock Yards
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The Jungles effect

• Government created sanitation laws and other
  restrictions for the meat companies
• This made food products safer
• Made Chicagos industry the focus of America