progessive era dbq
Progressive Era DBQ The Progressive movement began in the late 1800’s, it was an attempt to bring governmental reforms and make the American life better.
In “The Jungle – Upton Sinclair” it was stated the meat packing industry was being very unsanitary by the way they produced their meat. It also said that there were other things inside the meat that are not supposed to be inside the meat, like mold, rats, insects, and other things. As well as things that are not supposed to be in the meat, they also used the meat even if it was rotten, and made it into something else. Some of the reforms made to stop this were the pure drug and food act, which banned the sale of foods that could be considered poisonous, and unhealthy to the public. They also had inspections of the food to make sure there was nothing on the food in the first place causing the quality of products to go up.
According to the political cartoon by Joseph J. Kepler “Bosses of the senate” it was depicted that monopolies and trusts were the “bosses” of the senate as if they had control over the senate due to the spoils system - elected officials rewarding a supporter – they would gain more power. If the monopolies have power over the senate, then the people don’t have any power over the government which would cause problems. Acts like the “Sherman Anti-trust” were created to stop trusts and monopolies, but they had little power and could be avoided completely. Later on, they created laws that strictly prohibited monopolies and trusts like the federal trade commission in 1914.
Susan B. Anthony stated that women should have the right vote and said the in the preamble of the constitution of the United States, it said “We, the people…” not “We, the White male men” and that not only white women and males should get the right to vote, but every single U.S citizen should have the right to vote this problem was then fixed with the nineteenth amendment: which prohibits any U.S citizen being denied the right
In “The Jungle – Upton Sinclair” it was stated the meat packing industry was being very unsanitary by the way they produced their meat. It also said that there were other things inside the meat that are not supposed to be inside the meat, like mold, rats, insects, and other things. As well as things that are not supposed to be in the meat, they also used the meat even if it was rotten, and made it into something else. Some of the reforms made to stop this were the pure drug and food act, which banned the sale of foods that could be considered poisonous, and unhealthy to the public. They also had inspections of the food to make sure there was nothing on the food in the first place causing the quality of products to go up.
According to the political cartoon by Joseph J. Kepler “Bosses of the senate” it was depicted that monopolies and trusts were the “bosses” of the senate as if they had control over the senate due to the spoils system - elected officials rewarding a supporter – they would gain more power. If the monopolies have power over the senate, then the people don’t have any power over the government which would cause problems. Acts like the “Sherman Anti-trust” were created to stop trusts and monopolies, but they had little power and could be avoided completely. Later on, they created laws that strictly prohibited monopolies and trusts like the federal trade commission in 1914.
Susan B. Anthony stated that women should have the right vote and said the in the preamble of the constitution of the United States, it said “We, the people…” not “We, the White male men” and that not only white women and males should get the right to vote, but every single U.S citizen should have the right to vote this problem was then fixed with the nineteenth amendment: which prohibits any U.S citizen being denied the right