Hey everyone! Today we discussed the impact of muckrakers during the Progressive Era. We mainly focused on social improvements, such as poverty and asylum reform (through muckrakers such as Jacob Riis and Nellie Bly). For homework, you are to read a selection from another social muckraker, Upton Sinclair. Please read the excerpts from "The Jungle" and write down the conditions that immigrants faced and what types of problems in the meat industry does Sinclair expose to his readers?
Have a great weekend!
~Mr. Mazur
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