Upton Sinclair
The book titled "The Jungle" by the author Upton Sinclair had a giant impact on life in the later 1890s and early 1900s. The book explained to people how life and working conditions in the factories actually was. Corporations that owned the factories had absolutely no regard for public or worker safety. This book alone influenced people enough for them to create work and safety laws and administrations to keep in charge of keeping working conditions safe and fair for everyone. This book helped people realize the evils of the businesses and urged people to form the FDA (food and drug administration). After its formation, the FDA passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 in an attempt to improve the lives of both the public and workers. This made it so that new drugs and medicines businesses were developing had to be tested and deemed safe before they could be released to the America public. Food (especially meat) had to be inspected and people had to make sure it was fresh and not contaminated before markets could sell it to either people or as food for animals. This one man almost single-handedly improved the lives of thousands of hard working Americans with his book.
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"Famous Marylanders - Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Its Effects." Teaching American History in Maryland. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.
"1906: Upton Sinclair." 1906: Upton Sinclair. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.
"Famous Marylanders - Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and Its Effects." Teaching American History in Maryland. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2013.