Progressive Era Dbq
Benny Panklang
DBQ #1
Progressives are American people who are convulsed by the reform movement and the group is ethnically and racially diverse. Progressives would wage war on monopolies, corruption, and inefficiency and the injustice of social life. Progressives do not want to remedy the systems rather that destroy it. Reformers of the progressive era and the federal government during this era are effective in bringing about reform at the national level due to the establishment of many Amendments and acts along with the presidential decisions in favor of the progressive movement. Although there are some hindrance during the reform movement, the successes overcomes the hindrance. Progressives thrive for reform, and President Roosevelt …show more content…
The the Neill – Reynolds Report describes the conditions of a meat factory. “Meat shoveled from filthy wooden floors . . . pushed from room to room in rotten box carts . . . gathering dirt and floor filth” (Document B). This describes the need for inspections within the meat industry. The novel written by Upton Sinclair titled The Jungle also supports this claim. Published in 1906, the novel described the filthy and ill damped slaughterhouses in Chicago. President Roosevelt read the novel, and disgusted, passed a bill through congress calling for Meat Inspection Act. Source B also shows the progressives aiming for the Pure Foods and Drug Inspection Act. Again Progressives like Upton Sinclair and those who wrote the Neill – Reynolds Report, stated that there are problems within the social welfare of the Nation and thus, putting pressure on the government to be responsible for these problems, which in turn established the two acts mentioned earlier. The Document also calls for better working conditions, “gathering of dirt, floor splints, floor filth and the expectoration of tuberculosis and other diseased workers,” (Source B) Mainly progressive women lead the movement for improved working conditions and labor laws. Mentioned in a novel written by James Adams, “It is hard to understand the apathy in regard to youth’s inevitable experience in modern industry,” (Source C). This passage states that children shall not work in factories and there should be laws that regulate this issue. Thus Children’s Bureau and the Women’s Bureau was established to improve working conditions for factory workers. Progressive women were known to take care of children and family and they would use this to their advantage, by keeping children out of factories and workshops, another success of the progressive
DBQ #1
Progressives are American people who are convulsed by the reform movement and the group is ethnically and racially diverse. Progressives would wage war on monopolies, corruption, and inefficiency and the injustice of social life. Progressives do not want to remedy the systems rather that destroy it. Reformers of the progressive era and the federal government during this era are effective in bringing about reform at the national level due to the establishment of many Amendments and acts along with the presidential decisions in favor of the progressive movement. Although there are some hindrance during the reform movement, the successes overcomes the hindrance. Progressives thrive for reform, and President Roosevelt …show more content…
The the Neill – Reynolds Report describes the conditions of a meat factory. “Meat shoveled from filthy wooden floors . . . pushed from room to room in rotten box carts . . . gathering dirt and floor filth” (Document B). This describes the need for inspections within the meat industry. The novel written by Upton Sinclair titled The Jungle also supports this claim. Published in 1906, the novel described the filthy and ill damped slaughterhouses in Chicago. President Roosevelt read the novel, and disgusted, passed a bill through congress calling for Meat Inspection Act. Source B also shows the progressives aiming for the Pure Foods and Drug Inspection Act. Again Progressives like Upton Sinclair and those who wrote the Neill – Reynolds Report, stated that there are problems within the social welfare of the Nation and thus, putting pressure on the government to be responsible for these problems, which in turn established the two acts mentioned earlier. The Document also calls for better working conditions, “gathering of dirt, floor splints, floor filth and the expectoration of tuberculosis and other diseased workers,” (Source B) Mainly progressive women lead the movement for improved working conditions and labor laws. Mentioned in a novel written by James Adams, “It is hard to understand the apathy in regard to youth’s inevitable experience in modern industry,” (Source C). This passage states that children shall not work in factories and there should be laws that regulate this issue. Thus Children’s Bureau and the Women’s Bureau was established to improve working conditions for factory workers. Progressive women were known to take care of children and family and they would use this to their advantage, by keeping children out of factories and workshops, another success of the progressive