Monday, December 2, 2013

Progressive Era
The Jungle-

Parker Tugaw 2nd Period U.S. History


1. What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?

Sinclair believed a person should be determined and hardworking. Otherwise, if you were not doing your best, they would throw you out of your job. And, give the hundreds of other people in line for the job, a chance for it.

2. According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.

To order the bosses to be the pace-makers for this case. The bosses would make the men go faster if they had to, like speed the gang.

3. What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"

Sinclair means that a man would never rebel against their loss of a paycheck.


Government Regulations Today:

The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. This helped our meat conditions today, now we know that our meat is more fresh to eat. With our environment, people could burn whatever they wanted to. Or use a really bad polluted source outside. Today we have the E.P.A. (Environment Protection Agency). They made a clean air act called the clean air act. The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the comprehensive federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources. Among other things, this law authorizes EPA to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect public health and public welfare and to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the U.S. government agency charged with ensuring the safety and efficacy of the medicines available to Americans. The government’s control over medicines has grown in the last hundred years from literally nothing to far-reaching, and now pharmaceuticals are among the most-regulated products in this country. This is how we progressed with pharmaceuticals and our whole world today. 

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