combined lecture/discussion class‚ will also focus on the role ethnicity‚ race and gender have played in this history of American labor. Required Reading Boris and Lichtenstein‚ Major Problems in the History of American Workers Upton Sinclair‚ The Flivver King Zinn‚ Frank‚ and Kelley‚ Three Strikes -plus material on library reserve and online course companion Evaluation & Grading This course will consist of both lecture and discussion‚ which will be based heavily on the assigned
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that improved during the progressive era. Election Reforms started to change so it would give more power to the people instead of the government. The food industry was a very disgusting industry back then and it was so bad that when a man named Sinclair Upton wrote a book called The Jungle about it‚ it change the president into a vegetarian for six months until h came up with the Meat Inspection Act. Labor Unions such as‚ Knights of Labor and the A.F.L.‚ started to increase in size because people wanted
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The Progressive Era‚ 1900-1920‚ in American history was a time of immense political and economic reform. This reform was done by reformers‚ such as Upton Sinclair‚ and by the federal government. Some of the reforms include those on food regulation‚ increase in voter power and the breakup of trusts. These reforms were generally successful but had some limitations. An example of a successful reform during the Progressive Era was the Meat Inspection Act‚ and the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ which enforced
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At the end of the nineteenth century the United States seemed to be racing forward in many areas‚ such as technological advancement‚ more efficient manufacturing‚ modernizing transportation‚ and of course‚ making money. America was‚ on the surface‚ improving greatly; underneath however‚ there were many problems including corrupt businesses and a growing lower class stricken by poverty. In 1900 to 1920 the Progressive Reform Movement swept the nation; progressive reformers rallied for equal treatment
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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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conditions in factories. She wanted an end to child labor as well. Finally‚ she wanted to ban home manufacturing. These reforms had very little impact due to factory owners opposing them due to a tax increase. In 1906‚ thanks to The Jungle‚ written by Upton Sinclair‚ came the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food & Drug Act. The Meat
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His biggest concern with America at the time was health and the environment. It wasn’t until Roosevelt read “the jungle” by Upton Sinclair that Roosevelt saw the horrible health conditions that were going on. Meat industries would handle their meat in the most unsanitary way. They wouldn’t wash their hands; the meat would be at room tempter etc. Roosevelt pushed to pass the meat
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the United States in the early 1900’s with the hopes of living the "American Dream." However‚ that glittering American lifestyle is merely a distant ideal for the immigrants living in Packingtown‚ the Lithuanian meatpacking district of Chicago. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle portrays life through the eyes of a poor workingman struggling to survive in this cruel environment‚ where the desire for profit among the capitalist meatpacking bosses and the criminals makes the lives of the working class a
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poverty‚ because he too himself knows what it feels like to experience such an battle. Through the pictures in his book‚ America was able to see what little the government did to help financially unstable people. Riis along with fellow muckrakers Upton Sinclair with his novel “The Jungle” which shed light on disgusting and filthy conditions surrounding the production of food products‚ and Jane Addams who created the Hull Houses as a way to provide
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English III- segment 2 Semester 2 17 Assignments Week 5 Pre-Test‚ 5.03‚ 5.04A‚ 5.06‚ 5.08 Week 6 6.02C‚ 6.03‚ 6.04A‚ 6.08B Week 7 7.03A‚ 7.03B 7.05B‚ 7.08 Week 8 8.01‚ 8.02A and B‚ 8.03‚ 8.05 (segment exam) 5.03- A rose for Emily Part I: Character Identification in "A Rose for Emily" In complete sentence format‚ identify each of the following characters. Remember reporters‚ be sure to include as much information as possible to give your readers a vivid picture of each of the following
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