that here in this huge city, with its stores of heaped-up wealth, human creatures might be hunted down and destroyed. As a result of the outrage provoked by the novel, Progressive reformers pushed through the Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Acts of 1906 these institutions later evolved into the Food and Drug Administration and were a major victory for proponents of industrial regulation and consumer protection. However, the book was most noted for its gruesome depictions of the unsanitary conditions of the nation's slaughterhouses. Sinclair hoped the novel would awaken Americans to the evils of capitalism the main character Jurgis ends the novel by attending a socialist meeting. Upton Sinclair's novel about immigrant workers in Chicago's meatpacking plants shocked readers when it was first published in 1906. Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945).Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913).Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877).Colonization and Settlement (1621-1750).Military History and the LGBTQ+ Community.Two Wings of the Same Bird: Cuban Immigration and Puerto Rican Migration to the United States.Why They Fought: Ordinary Soldiers in the Civil War.

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