The book The Jungle was introduced as a novel by Upton Sinclair was financed and published with his own money. Upton Sinclair was a famous novelist and social crusader from California. He was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore Md. He was the only child of Priscilla Harden and Upton Beall Sinclair. Upton Sinclair’s childhood was lived in poverty‚ one where his father was an alcoholic‚ his job as an alcohol salesman most likely contributed to his disease. And although his own family was extremely
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The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era were 50 years in which a large wealth gap between the rich and poor increased dramatically and needed a solution‚ similar to our nation’s situation today. Big corporations in major cities were able to take advantage of a surplus of those in the working class and technological advancements‚ leading to a select few holding the majority of fortune. There were many resolutions to this gap in wealth coming from powerful people‚ like Andrew Carnegie‚ William Sumner
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realised her talent and in 1886 she was appointed managing editor. A job she did for the next eight years. Ida Minerva Tarbell (November 5‚ 1857 – January 6‚ 1944) was an American teacher‚ author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era. She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies. She is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company‚ which was listed
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Progressivism was an era that desired movement toward reform; it was not single instance but based on a series of advancements. With a new urban-industrial American on deck came the socioeconomic challenges of every day life. At a basic level‚ it was a response to the political and cultural changes that plagued the nation‚ the challenges as side effect of an industrial society. Many people were involved in Progressivism‚ especially the middle class. Even the immigrant‚ slum dwellers‚ and hard
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Michael Edelman HST 313 3/28/2005 Caricature Paper Jacques-Louis David: Gouvernement Anglois (The English Government) Introduction: As one can expect from the very nature of political and social revolutions‚ there were some very unhappy people during the French revolution. The question here is why the French citizens of this time so upset were and was their discontent so great that a revolution could be justified? Furthermore‚ who and what will be the ultimate vehicle to bring the necessary
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The impact of tuberculosis on Victorian Era society was monumental. During this time‚ a myriad of new factories and job opportunities‚ in addition to quicker transportation‚ in cities helped instigate a massive movement of the global human population from farms and rural villages to large urban cities such as London‚ England‚ which created an explosive population growth and an enormous overcrowding issue‚ especially in Europe and the United States. Many of these newcomers could not afford a high
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act--MEat sales plummeted ‚ demand for Reform grew. MEat Inspection Act of 1906‚ stronger than the packers wanted‚ set rules for sanitary meatpacking and govt inspection of meat products Pure Food And Drug Act‚ passed more easily Samual h Adams‚ a muckraker‚ exposed the dangers of patent medicines in several sensational articles in Colliers’.. PAtent medicines=Dr Harvey W Wiley‚ the chief chemist in the Department of Agriculture‚ led a “poison squad” of young assts who experimented with medicines
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Rushi Katragadda Don’t Know Much About History Chapter 5 1. What happened at Custer’s Last Stand? Battle between Native Americans and U.S. forces‚ as a result of actions made by George Armstrong Custer. One of the greatest conflicts between the two forces leading to the government to wage war against the tribes. Even though the Natives were only defending against attack they were called out as murderers. 2. What happened at Wounded Knee? This was the Natives last stand in the 1800s bringing an
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IDENTIFICATIONS: • Andrew Johnson- Abraham Lincoln’s VP o Lincoln’s successor when he was assassinated o Got more southern states to join Union- took away the 10% plan which required ten percent of voters to take an oath of loyalty to the US • Amnesty proclamation o Common Man o Border state unionist democrat o 13th Amendment-abolished slavery o 14th Amendment-anyone born in the US= citizen o 15th Amendment- granted black males the right to vote. • Reconstruction- plan to re-establish
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John Reda Anne D’Orazio – 20th Century U.S. History Summer Session 1 Multiple Choice Howard Zinn’s The Twentieth Century Chapter 1: 1. D 2. THERE WAS NO QUESTION TWO 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. C Chapter 2: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D Chapter 3: 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. D Chapter 4: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B Chapter 5: 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8
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