Consumer Rights

Movement

By: Joshua Salas

Alvaro Aldana
Per. 4
Origins of - Chicago (1890’s)
Movement - Detroit (1935)
- New York (1936)
Founders of - Ralph Nader
movement - Upton Sinclair
- Herbert Hoover
- National Consumers
league (1899)
Main Events and - Pure Food and Drug Act
How They Started - The Jungle
- Consumer’s Bill of Rights
Why did the ● “Caveat Emptor”
Movement Start ? ● Popular concern
● Waves of Consumer
activism
Who joined? - Political activists
- Muckrakers
- Non-profit organization
Peak of Consumer - The Jungle (1906)
Movement - 1950’s and 1960’s
- 1960’s and 1970’s
# of Participants ● Ralph Nader
● Lobbyist people
● The National Retail Federation
● Consumer Activists
How Consumer
Movement was ● Consumer activist
● The Reagan Administration
attacked & Stopped ● Elected representatives
● Hired detective for sex life,religion,
and politics
Result ● Consumer rights day
● Consumer Rights
● The Soviet Union
Influence Among ● Ralph Nader
● Thorstein Veblen
People ● Ellen Swallow Richards
● Herbert Hoover
● Upton Sinclair
Zinn’s Opinion ● advocate
Interview With Mr. ● People injured
● Major Companies
Johnson
● Pros/cons
● Black Friday
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