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Originally serialized in nineteen parts in McClure's magazine, the book is a seminal example of muckraking, and inspired many other journalists to write about trusts, large businesses that (in the absence of strong antitrust laws in the 19th century) attempted to gain monopolies in various industries.
Explanation:
The government wanted to prevent slavery form going to the wast ward states but the south wanted to extend slavery over to the west.
