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Pbs: American Experience: Chicago: City of the Century: Philip Armour HandoutPbs: American Experience: Chicago: City of the Century: Philip Armour Handout
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Pbs: American Experience: Chicago: City of the Century: Philip Armour

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From a PBS American Experience series about Chicago, this biography of Philip Armour, who made the meat-packing business more efficient. Find out about his methods, but also about the horrible conditions of the meat-packers who worked in the stockyards.

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working conditions, the jungle, upton sinclair

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meatpacking, stockyards, chicago stockyards, philip armour

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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