A People's History of the United States

stomach,” Sinclair changed what she had before seen by changing how America saw the meat industry.Roosevelt ordered for Northern Securities to be dissolved, one of the largest railroad companies across the United States. The problem of big business and monopolies affected everyone in the United States as they controlled to much. Roosevelt recognized this issue and ordered Northern Securities to be dissolved, pushing forward a movement to end monopolies and the complete control over business.…

The Progressive Movement's goal was to improve life by making moderate political and social changes through governmental action. They wanted to limit the power of corporations, improve democracy to benefit the people, and strengthen justice. "Many formerly local organizations that had formed around specific interests and issues became nationwide" (Norton, Mary Beth. Chapter 18: The Progressive Era, 1895-1920. In A People & A Nation, p. 537). These organizations included professional…

Advocates for social justice can attest to the fact that numerous reforms has been in place to aid people of the lower class. For example, Woodrow Wilson strengthen the antitrust act by replacing Sherman Act with Clayton Antitrust Act. Which aimed to get rid of monopolies and open up more capitalism. Also, Wilson established the Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913 which help Americans with lower tariff causing items to be more affordable. Wilson was also a supporter of aiding farmers, worker’s…

The year 1898 can be seen as a turning point in American History. 1898 is the year that the United States became an imperial power in the world. The transition of America into an imperial power also meant that it was done with expansionism and moved into imperialism. The 1800 can be characterized by the Americans’ desire for Manifest Destiny, or the expansion of the US into the western part of the US. Imperialism on the other hand, idealizes moral improvement and also saw more movement in…

While all the presidents worked to correct problems during the Progressive Era, Theodore Roosevelt was the most progressive president because he regulated big business, workers rights, and conservation of natural resources The Sherman Antitrust Act was a part of Roosevelt's work of regulating business. Roosevelt used this act when he criticized the wealth of Americans on the account of violence exploding into the public that could destroy the whole system. Roosevelt also used the Pure Food and…

Why is Theodore Roosevelt’s face on Mount Rushmore? Teddy Roosevelt was a man who saw the good and bad in everything, He created the square deal which allowed everyone to succeed and have the same amount of opportunities as the next person. For example, He read a book called The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair and he was disgusted and immediately started to reform our health guidelines for what we eat. He passed the Meat Inspection Act, which made it so that all meat made and sold, must be…

During the industrial revolution American factories and workplaces experienced tremendous growth. This growth caused business to focus on large scale productions. While this large scale production increased and the profits for the employer it also increased the poor working conditions and job dangers for the employees. In 1892 the unionized miners at the Coeur d’Alene mines in Idaho went on strike. Some miners were being paid full miners wages while the car men were being paid less. The miners…

American history classes we see a common core across the country. Our students learn from the time America was founded to current events today. In our history classes we are taught from textbooks that are prolonged and biased towards the white man. The educational board needs to add other perspectives to history classes and textbooks because this will expand the future generation 's knowledge of others cultures, ethnicities, sex and points of view. All across the United States history classes…

In the annals of American religious history, spiritualism sits uncomfortably alongside fundamentalism and other conventional forms of religion that command largest portion of scholars’ attention. Ann Braude’s Radical Spirits was one of the first narratives written that documents this important but slighted movement. To the surprise of both nineteenth-century observers and contemporary scholars alike, spiritualists were consumed by the prospect of communication with the dead. Braude provides…

has become one of the most dynamic within labor history.” 2. Break down the general structure of the author’s essay. What happens in the first part of the essay? What happens next? Keep going until you reach the end of the essay. Eric Arnesen’s general structure for his article is broken down into four different sections, which consist of an introduction, a beginning, middle, and ending topic. In the introduction, Arnesen presents how labor history focused on unions but did…