Chapter 2. The Consumer Movement Discussion Questions

1. If President John F. Kennedy was alive today, would he be pleased with the state of consum-er protection in this country? List his four consumer rights, and give a current example of each from your own life or from a friend's or relative's experience.
2. After reading the excerpt from The Jungle, do you think reforms were necessary in the meat-processing industry in 1906? Explain your answer. What was President Theodore Roosevelt's role in meat-processing reforms?
3. It isn't easy being a reformer. Who did not support the work of food safety reformer Harvey Wiley?
4. Select one of the e-resource Web sites listed below this question in the book Consumer Economics (Page 79). What did you find on the site?