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=Progressives and Muckrakers= Parag Karkhanis

Progressives were people that worked to reform conditions and the human rights injustices. They reformed many things and were commended for their action. They helped many people in poverty. Muckrakers helped develop child labor laws so kids could go to school instead of working in factories. Upton Sinclair, a famous muckraker, wrote The Jungle, a famous book on the meat packing industy and the horrors inside it. This book is one if not the most famous muckraker pieces. It helped reform the meat packing industry. There were many other reformists and progressives that helped the country become the way it is today. They made human rights a right and not a privilege.





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