1. Brittany R. Clark

2. WARNING: TODAY’S LECTURE CONTAINS GROSS IMAGES.

3.  Huge economic growth  Industry expanding into new areas  Mechanization of industry  Immigration boom  Industrial cities filled with working class people

4.  Widespread social activism and political reform  Laissez faire capitalism isn’t working out for everyone  Reform movements spring up:  Labor unions  Sherman Anti-Trust Act  17 th Amendment  Women’s Suffrage

5.  Opposing newspaper owners  Either would had a monopoly without the other  Who can sell more papers? VS.

6.  Investigative journalism aimed at exposing the ills of society  Response to yellow journalism  Still used sensationalism

8.  Dedicated to “The Workingmen of America”  In response, President Teddy Roosevelt:  Passes the Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act  Creates the Bureau of Chemistry – today called the Food and Drug Administration  Today we can see the worker’s rights issues “I aimed for the public’s heart, and by accident hit it in the stomach.” – Upton Sinclair

12. 2012 – ABC News does a report on the “pink slime” in processed beef 2011 and 2013 – Chipotle releases commercials demonstrating that they get their meat from organic farms 2010 – Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver produces Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution