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Any group of journalists that focused on writing exposes and pushing for Reform in the early 1900s. They would write very detailed accounts of the effects of large corporations, populating cities, and industrialization. They analyze the economic and political corruption, as well as the social turmoil that are caused, and tries to expose these issues to the general public. These muckrakers had a lot of influence, as they were very popular, and were around for the boom in media, so whatever they wrote about was likely to see quick change, such as the meat packing industry, monopolies, foreign relations, etc.

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A federal agency created with the 1906 Food and Drugs Act, and was founded to protect consumers from adulterated and misbranded food or drugs. The creation was provoked specifically by the horrid conditions of the meatpacking industry, but also to help regulate all other food manufacturers, and approving drugs, which stops people from being prescribed either ineffective, or deadly medicine. This guaranteed American consumers a standard of quality for whatever they would be putting into their body, which not only helped the country be healthier, but forced food and drug manufacturers to keep their factories clean

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A novel by Upton Sinclair depicted the life and tribulations of an immigrant worker that worked in the meatpacking industry. The original point of this book was to point out the plight of the immigrant worker that was forced into wage slavery, but rather, the public focused on the awful working conditions of their food industries that was clearly depicted. There were chemicals, dirt, sawdust, rat droppings, and even human parts in the meat, and this outraged the public. This book was an immediate cause for the passage of the drug act that founded the FDA that would regulate food and drug manufacturing, assuring people that these conditions would not be around any longer.

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The pure food and drug act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food (food that has intentionally debased quality and is illegal) and drugs in interstate commerce. This was a major pillar of the progressive consumerism movement and lays the foundation for the FDA.

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The Sherman act was the first federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices and therefore prescribed the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce. This was coming at a time where economic fairness was a major concern. Its implementation helped inhibit monopolies such as American Railway and standard oil Companies.

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Republican Party

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Offer consumers more protection, to ensure that all goods were properly manufactured, delivered and handled. To make food and drugs safer for people to eat and use.  Meat industry was unsanitary, human meat was found in the food. Drugs were not regulated, protecting people from deadly or ineffective drugs.

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Ida Tarbell was a leading muckraker who wrote what some consider the most important business book ever, The History of the Standard Oil Company, in which she exposes that company and it eventually was investigated and broken into 34 smaller companies.

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Theodore Roosevelt - passed the meat inspection act of 1906 and the pure food and drug act.
Upton Sinclair - exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry, wrote “The Jungle”. Described unsanitary food products and Chicago’s disgusting dank ill-ventilated slaughterhouses

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The Wiley Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, prohibited the sale of adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce

Meat Inspection Act, banned adulterated livestock(1906)

Tea Importation Act, Customs inspects all tea being imported to the US(1897)

Sherley Amendment, banned medicines mislabeling their product with fake therapeutic claims(1912)

The Harrison Narcotic Act, requires a prescription for any medicine that exceeds legal narcotic levels and increase record keeping of these transactions(1914)

Biologic Control Act, ensure purity and safety of vaccines injected into humans(1902)