The Jungle portrayed the move of a Lithuanian fam

The 19th century up until World War I was an era when people began to open their eyes to the corruption of society. For fear of their own well-being middle class Americans began to work on reforms to 'save America'. Soon it spread up through to the national level and Progressivism has now given us protection against many of the illegal behaviors which were founded by the

ily to the land where "dreams come true" only for them to find out that it was the land where dreams where shattered. The majority of the foreigners that crowed American soil were looking for the fame and fortune of successful immigrants such as Andrew Carnegie. Others that came were looking for a better life than the one that they had left behind. But when entering America they're ignorance of American policy was against them. As we saw in The Jungle many were tricked into buying houses that should have been condemned. Because many worked in unsanitary factories and lived in these houses, many were stuck down by illnesses. For those who did try to heal their illnesses were either taking sugar pills or drinking alcohol, because the medical industry was also trying to get something for nothing. Others that preyed upon immigrants were bosses. They used immigrants to gain political votes. Because immigrants did not know about American government they gladly turned over votes for the help and money that the bosses offered. Because of this bosses like William Tweed and Christopher Buckley became rich. Although it may seem as if life couldn't get any worse, problems on the home fro

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