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Sometimes a pen can be wielded more lethally than a sword. Read about the brave muckrakers who exposed corruption and injustice in government and business. These journalists attacked different areas, but the result was an introduction to the reading public that changes had to be made. Find out about how Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, led to public revulsion and safer food.
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child labor abuses, collusion with big business, corrupt city government, exposes, meatpacking, muckrakers, ushistory.org, chicago meatpacking industry, david phillips, ida tarbell, independence hall association, john spargo, lincoln steffens, meat inspection act, pure food and drug act, ray stannard baker, standard oil company, thomas lawson, william hard
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- Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)