The year is 1900, and a reform movement called Progressivism is taking place to work on problems ranging from dirty meat packing plants, to young children working in the mines to fire safety. The underside of meat-packing plants is terrifying, from dead rats to unhygienic hands and germs. The jungle exposed the underside of meat-packing plants, bringing a sense of awe to people. Fire safety is a huge problem for workers, just like children working in mines and factories. The experience of workers led to a progressive movement in Industrial America. By exposing the underside of the meat-packing industry, fire safety, and child labor, regulations finally led to the implementation of worker rules.

To begin, the FDA is here to check and ensure that safe meat goes into food. But in the 1900s, people ate their meats with dead dung rats, without knowing what they were consuming. The working conditions were terrifying and terrible “There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where the workers tramped and spat on”(Doc2). While this was happening, people were getting sick, Upton Sinclair, an undercover journalist, wrote a book called “The Jungle” exposing the …show more content…
But, all of these safety precautions were implemented because of one incident where women and men would be forced to work for hours on end with no breaks in between. One fatal day, a worker had a cigarette and accidentally dropped it on cotton, which caused a fire. Due to no fire safety plans or escape when “The fire was going on,” 141 young men and women, at least 125 of them were girls that were burned to death. (doc 4)” Because of this incident, the US implemented rules on fire safety and worker compensation. And because of this, managers could no longer lock workers in the room. Rules such as better pay for holidays and better fire escape plans/routes were