Question

In the 1870s, began to investigate factory conditions.

Answer 1

In the 1870s, Massachusetts began to investigate factory conditions.

this began health inspections for other facilities and factories

Answer 2

It is true that in the 1870s, the government had begun to investigate factory conditions to protect the laborers as well as the ethics of the company. This is to standardize the production and consumption of the economy wherein the consumers are assured by the safety of the products they were buying.