rerum the Industrial Revolution had a great impact on the people all around the world. The Industrial Revolution began in England in the 18th century and spread throughout the world. Many nations had to respond to the challenges of the Industrial Revolution and the imperialism of the West that had spawned. People had to face the significant consequences that were created through this time in history. The nature of these consequences and their effect on various people throughout the world were very
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Andrew Carnegie vs. John Rockefeller During the 1800’s‚ two men started as poor‚ working class citizens with a dream‚ a dream to become wealthy and be able to support their families. Both of these men made their dreams come true by ruthless tactics and sometimes were looked down on. These two men were Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller‚ the original entrepreneurs of America. Both men acquired mass fortunes and lived extravagant lives after they had retired‚ but they used their money for good;
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processed foods. In 1906‚ socialist Upton Sinclair published The Jungle‚ a book he hoped would awaken the American people to the deplorable conditions of workers in the meat packing industry. Instead‚ the book sent the country reeling with its description of filthy‚ rat infested plants‚ suspect meats processed and sold to consumers‚ and corrupt government inspectors. President Roosevelt became seriously concerned by the charges brought forth by Mr. Sinclair and determined the only way to protect
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When conducting research about an author‚ it is crucial to understand why and what the author is writing about. Literary realism depicts things as they truly are‚ which is exactly what my chosen author‚ Rebecca Harding Davis‚ did when she wrote. Growing up‚ Davis worked hard to pursue her education despite the ideal that women should work solely in the household. Davis fought for social changes with minority groups such as african americans‚ women‚ the working class‚ etc.‚ and I find it admirable
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000 to the groups who are trying to end child labor‚ and lastly the remaining $100‚000 will be used to help stop deforestation. To the most needy cause I will be giving a $600‚000 to improve food safety. According to Upton Sinclair’s‚ “The Jungle”‚ “the water from the leaky roofs would drip over it and thousands of rats would race about on it” (Document D). This evidence tells us how horrible and disgusting the place was and in addition “these rats were
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Dear US Congressmen‚ My family‚ my neighbors‚ my city of Chicago risk our lives daily by eating contaminated and tainted meat produced in our town‚ but we cannot do anything to prevent it without you‚ congressmen. If you vote for the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act to pass‚ millions of lives will be saved from something as little as headaches and nausea to something as fatal as dysentery or tuberculosis. In an inspection in the late 1890’s‚ Armour and Company distributed 750
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were dirty and poor. There was also abuse in industries. This was exposed by Upton Sinclair (Document 2). One of his most well known novels was The Jungle‚ which showed the abuse in the meat packing industry. He uncovered how the people would take extremely spoiled meat and use it as sausage or put it in to a can. They also used all parts of the meat and even rats were found to be in the meat. By writing this book‚ Sinclair was able to expose the corruption in the industry of meat packing‚ and Congress
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a novel about the harsh conditions and hard lives of working immigrants during the early 1900s. The story follows a Lithuanian man named Jurgis Rudkus and all the hardship and tragedy he endures. Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard is a film about the famous boxer James J. Braddock. The film shows the hardship James and his family suffer during the Great Depression. Jurgis Rudkus and James J. Braddock show similarities from the beginning‚ middle‚ and end in their
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Meat packing plant are completely different than what Upton Sinclair described it in the novel. The meat packaging plants in the 21st century is must cleaner than novel interprets it because we have rules and regulations to protect people from getting sick. The meat packaging plant where dirty‚ putting things it the meat that were not food‚ and the plants were unsanitary. Let’s examine how they were. First‚ what is the good of laws without fair and equitable enforcement? This means why do they
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of the most well-known muckrakers worked for McClure’s Magazine‚ where they wrote exposés on large companies‚ meat slaughtering houses‚ and city governments. These prominent and influential reporters included Ida M. Tarbell‚ Lincoln Steffens‚ Upton Sinclair‚ and Ray Stannard Baker. Now suppose that you‚ too‚ are an investigative journalist. Instead of choosing a business or government‚ you have been asked to write a piece on one of the muckrakers. Before you can actually flesh out your article
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