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The jungle By Upton Sinclair

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 The Jungle was written by Upton Sinclair in 1906. It was first published in Chicago, in February 26, 1906. The Jungle is a fictional novel, a political fiction; there are 401 pages in this navel. The Jungle is a good novel that anyone could read and enjoy; this novel shows readers how Capitalism effected the lives of the immigrant. It takes readers behind the factory, and show them how food were properted in 20th century. 
 
 

Contamination of food in 1900s

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Problem -as population went up, the demand for food went up -factories added additives, colorings, and chemicals to prevent food decay which was detrimental to health -Embalmed Beef Scandal- US gave 33 year old canned meat to soldiers at the Spanish American War -Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposed Chicago's meat industry Solution -President Roosevelt passed the Meat Inspection Act and Food and Drug act in 1906 -But, weakness in enforcement
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