edible goods carried diseases due to poor conditions in the factories. Contaminated food led to illnesses such as typhoid fever‚ tuberculosis‚ and botulism‚ which in some cases were fatal (Liberman). A well known author at the time by the name of Upton Sinclair published a book called The Jungle which exposed the horrors behind the walls of meat packaging facilities. This caused a public uproar because it was an explanation behind why many people were getting sick and dying after eating certain foods
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Modernism Although generally called a movement‚ it is more valid to see modernism as an international body of literature characterized by a new self-consciousness about modernity and by radical formal experimentation. Several literary movements and styles‚ notably Imagism and Vorticism‚ were fostered within modernism‚ which flourished from around 1890 until 1940. There was also a period of so-called "high modernism‚" 1920-5. Generally‚ modernists were driven by the belief that the assurances
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American Literature Summer Reading List Summer 2014 Belmont High School English Department The following list was complied from the recommendations of the Belmont High School English department and contains some of the best-known works of American literature. Each book addresses the American Dream and/or American identities. All entering 11th graders must read at least one book from the list below over the summer. Students entering English 11 Honors must read at least one contemporary AND one classic
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employees from leaving early (Mitelman 80). A minute of tardiness cost a precious hour’s salary‚ and almost a full hour of work at the end of the day did not translate into an hour’s compensation. A worker who arrived a few minutes late could get fired (Sinclair 20). But no matter; hordes of willing replacements teemed at factory gates. Too late did a congressional committee discover that Chicago packhouses were unsanitary and driving workers to their deaths. Employees had to work in closed rooms only slightly
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Guilliano Widjaja History of Labor and Work‚ 1880-1945 Paper Assignment 2 Prof. Brucher The Great Depression’s Impact on America’s Working Class The Great Depression swept through America like a plague‚ the infamous economic crisis left millions in financial ruin. From the late twenties to the late thirties‚ this exceeding financial doom left Americans scrounging for the basic necessities‚ making everyday life for the majority of the United States population‚ unbearable. This reckoning‚ like most
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Rebecca Harding Davis: The Pioneer of the Realism Movement In the 19th century the transition from romanticism to realism was one of the most important time pieces in American literature‚ Rebecca Harding Davis pieces led the realism movement by exposing real and daily life events in American society. Rebecca Harding Davis pioneered the realism movement with her work “Life in The Iron Mills”. Davis influenced many woman and men thereafter to get involved in the realism literary movement. She paved
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Frederick Winslow Taylor - The Father of Scientific Management The years leading up to the 1920’s were a time of momentous change for America. New technology was gaining momentum and factories were producing more and more goods. People were able to buy goods rather than making them like they had in the past and the standard of living was going up. Manufactured goods were a major part of life‚ especially during the 1920’s. This change towards being a consumer nation didn’t happen all at once and
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that created favor among the masses; his policies while in office gave played a major role in his popularity. Let’s take a look at some of them. Roosevelt was a person that cared for the people‚ and as such when the popular book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair brought the countries attention to the meat and how it was packaged. The book told of the horrible unsanitary conditions that the Chicago meatpacking industry used to package their meats. The President then conducting his own investigation‚
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The Progressive Era was a huge time period in US history. Many changes had occurred during this time period. Amendments 16-19 were ratified between 1890-1920. WWI comes into play for women’s rights in the early 1900s and child labor drops during the Progressive Era. Iconic people in the time period made impacts to help change America and make it equal for everyone who lived there. The food that was made in the nation from meat shops had been shut down. Monopolies had been taking over the Senate overruling
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and even the leftovers of already slaughtered cattle. Then they are lead up a gangway‚ into a building where they are first shocked‚ then hung up by their hooves and have their necks slit‚ one after another. It harkens back to The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. After one hundred years‚ the conditions at the meat packing plants have not improved much. It is still the most dangerous job in America. Almost everyone who works there are injured at one point‚ be it from mechanical smashers or knives that
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