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by which time sea routes were replacing the Silk Roads. -- "The Silk Road" is an extensive intercontinental network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe (and thus a network linking Eurasia).
Federal Aid is distributed to flood victims
Progressives--the Progressives pushed for reform in many areas. The quality of food and access to drugs became the focus of Progressive Republican Teddy Roosevelt.
The Progressives included a group called 'muckrakers' who wrote and exposed the ills of the industrial process. The book, The Jungle, highlighted the conditions of meatpacking plants and inspired the government to address the issue. The FDA was created to regulate and clean up the food industry.
